GLSA 201411-07: Openswan: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Openswan: Denial of Service
Date:	11/23/2014
Bugs:	#499870
ID:	201411-07

Synopsis

A NULL pointer dereference in Openswan may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/openswan	<= 2.6.39-r1		All supported architectures

Description

A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan.

Impact

A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that users unmerge Openswan:

      # emerge --unmerge "net-misc/openswan"

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Openswan have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update Openswan at a later date. Alternatives packages such as Libreswan and strongSwan are currently available in Gentoo Portage.

References

CVE-2013-6466

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-07.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.