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Gentoo: GLSA-201401-09 Moderate: Openswan Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2014
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StrongSwan on Arch Linux is vulnerable to a remote command execution bug. Update is advised to mitigate risks.
A vulnerability in Openswan could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Summary

A buffer overflow flaw has been discovered in Openswan when using Opportunistic Encryption.

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Resolution

All Openswan users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openswan-2.6.39"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2053 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2053

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-09
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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: Normal
Title: Openswan: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: January 18, 2014
Bugs: #483204
ID: 201401-09

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in Openswan could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openswan < 2.6.39 >= 2.6.39

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS TXT record, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.