GLSA 200406-20: FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan: Vulnerabilities in certificate handling

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Severity:	normal
Title:	FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan: Vulnerabilities in certificate handling
Date:	06/25/2004
Bugs:
ID:	200406-20

Synopsis

FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan and Super-FreeS/WAN contain two bugs when authenticating PKCS#7 certificates. This could allow an attacker to authenticate with a fake certificate.

Background

FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan and Super-FreeS/WAN are Open Source implementations of IPsec for the Linux operating system. They are all based on the discontinued FreeS/WAN project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/freeswan	< 2.04-r1	>= 2.04-r1	All supported architectures
net-misc/openswan	< 2.1.4	>= 2.1.4	All supported architectures
net-misc/strongswan	< 2.1.3	>= 2.1.3	All supported architectures
net-misc/super-freeswan	<= 1.99.7.3		All supported architectures

Description

All these IPsec implementations have several bugs in the verify_x509cert() function, which performs certificate validation, that make them vulnerable to malicious PKCS#7 wrapped objects.

Impact

With a carefully crafted certificate payload an attacker can successfully authenticate against FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan or Super-FreeS/WAN, or make the daemon go into an endless loop.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Resolution

All FreeS/WAN 1.9x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv "=net-misc/freeswan-1.99-r1"
    # emerge "=net-misc/freeswan-1.99-r1"

All FreeS/WAN 2.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/freeswan-2.04-r1"
    # emerge ">=net-misc/freeswan-2.04-r1"

All Openswan 1.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"
    # emerge "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"

All Openswan 2.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/openswan-2.1.4"
    # emerge ">=net-misc/openswan-2.1.4"

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest stable version:


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/strongswan-2.1.3"
    # emerge ">=net-misc/strongswan-2.1.3"

All Super-FreeS/WAN users should migrate to the latest stable version of Openswan. Note that Portage will force a move for Super-FreeS/WAN users to Openswan.


    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"
    # emerge "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.