Debian: DSA-3962-1 Critical: strongSwan DoS Due To GMP Plugin Issue
debian
September 3, 2017
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in strongSwan, an IKE/IPsec suite, using Google's OSS-Fuzz fuzzing project
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Summary
The gmp plugin in strongSwan had insufficient input validation when verifying
RSA signatures. This coding error could lead to a null pointer dereference,
leading to process crash.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 5.2.1-6+deb8u5.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.5.1-4+deb9u1.
For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 5.6.0-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.6.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your strongswan 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: strongswan
CVE ID: CVE-2017-11185
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