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Gentoo: GLSA-201309-02 Low Severity: strongSwan Denial of Service

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Numerous weaknesses in strongSwan may lead to remote threats; it is recommended to update for enhanced safety on Gentoo platforms.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly allowing remote attackers to authenticate as other users or cause a Denial of Service condition

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service remote authentication strongSwan

Resolution

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2054 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2054 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2944 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2944 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-5018 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5018

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 01, 2013
Bugs: #468504, #479396, #483202
ID: 201309-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service remote authentication strongSwan

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in strongSwan, possibly allowing remote attackers to authenticate as other users or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/strongswan < 5.1.0 >= 5.1.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could use ECDSA to authenticate as another user with an invalid signature. Additionally, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.