Security update for strongswan

SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1866-1
Rating: moderate
References: #833278 #840826 #847506
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This strongswan update fixes security issues and bugs:

    * CVE-2013-5018: Specially crafted XAuth usernames and
    EAP identities could cause a crash in strongswan.
    * CVE-2013-6075: A crafted ID packet can be used by
    remote attackers to crash the server or potentially gain
    authentication privileges under certain circumstances.

    Additionally, a bug in route recursion limits was fixed:

    * Charon segfaults when left=%any / recursion limit.
    (bnc#840826)

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2013-5018
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    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-8488
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-8488
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-strongswan-8488

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
    • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
    • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
    • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5018.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833278
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/840826
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/847506
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=efb2537a9b17212b4bf63d91dcbc15a9