Security update for strongswan

SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:0686-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#761325
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:

This update fixed a security issue in strongswan's "gmp"
plugin which could be exploited by attackers to forge RSA
signature/certificate to authenticate as any legitimate
user (CVE-2012-2388
> ).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-strongswan-6333
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-strongswan-6333
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-strongswan-6333
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-strongswan-6333
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-strongswan-6333

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 4.4.0]:

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.13.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.4.0]:

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.13.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 4.4.0]:

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.13.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.9.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.9.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.4.0]:

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.13.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 4.4.0]:

• strongswan-4.4.0-6.13.1
• strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.13.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2388.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/761325

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6182785f4415eddda64fc010041fd1e1

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b4b9e72b6ba8e6ab546311ccb9332c19