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Debian: DLA-3143-1 Critical: Strongswan DoS Update and Mitigation

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 10, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
Security notice DLA-3143-1 pertaining to strongswan tackles potential denial of service vulnerabilities; suggested enhancements are now accessible for Debian users.
It was discovered that there was a potential denial of service vulnerability in strongswan, an IPsec VPN solution
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Summary

Strongswan could have queried URLs with untrusted certificates, and
this could potentially lead to a DoS attack by blocking the fetcher
thread.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
5.7.2-1+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your strongswan packages.

For the detailed security status of strongswan please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/strongswan

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



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Package: strongswan
Version: 5.7.2-1+deb10u3
CVE ID: CVE-2022-40617
Debian Bug: #1021271

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