Gentoo: GLSA-201411-07: Openswan: Denial of Service
Summary
A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan.
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that usersunmerge Openswan:
# emerge --unmerge "net-misc/openswan"
NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Openswan have discontinued
support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer
will update Openswan at a later date. Alternatives packages such as
Libreswan and strongSwan are currently available in Gentoo Portage.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6466 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6466
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-07
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.
Synopsis
A NULL pointer dereference in Openswan may allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
Background
Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/openswan <= 2.6.39-r1 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.
Impact
===== A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.