Security update for strongswan
SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan
This strongswan update fixes security issues and bugs:
* CVE-2013-5018: Specially crafted XAuth usernames and
EAP identities can 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.
Also a bug with route recursion limits was fixed:
* Charon SEGFAULT when left=%any / recursion limit.
(bnc#840826)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2013-5018
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:1866-2 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #833278 #840826 #847506 |
| Affected Products: |
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 can 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.
Also a bug with route recursion limits was fixed:
* Charon SEGFAULT when left=%any / recursion limit.
(bnc#840826)
Security Issues:
* CVE-2013-5018
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 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-strongswan-8489 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-strongswan-8489 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-strongswan-8489
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 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 SP2 (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 SP2 (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=f4cb1e26e54ac7b57f6e81a2c156db7d