Security update for strongswan

SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0793-1
Rating: moderate
References: #876449
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes a NULL ptr dereference (DoS) via ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID
    payloads.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2014-2891

    Indications:

    Everybody should update.

    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-9251
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-9251
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-strongswan-9251

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2891.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/876449
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a7ef4d27eca3df5b8df32db3b40be121