GLSA 201309-02: strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	low
Title:	strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/01/2013
Bugs:	#468504, #479396, #483202
ID:	201309-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly allowing remote attackers to authenticate as other users or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/strongswan	< 5.1.0	>= 5.1.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could use ECDSA to authenticate as another user with an invalid signature. Additionally, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-02.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.