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Debian: DSA-3272-1 Critical: ipsec-tools DoS Attack by NULL Pointer

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2015
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An important patch for ipsec-tools has been released to fix a NULL reference vulnerability that could lead to Denial of Service through UDP traffic in Debian systems.
Javantea discovered a NULL pointer dereference flaw in racoon, the Internet Key Exchange daemon of ipsec-tools
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:0.8.0-14+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:0.8.2+20140711-2+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your ipsec-tools packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: ipsec-tools
CVE ID: CVE-2015-4047

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