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Red Hat: RHSA-2023-2124-01 Important IKEv1 Crash Risk for Libreswan

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important revision for libreswan tackles IKEv1 data stream interruptions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enter...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).
Security Fix(es):
* libreswan: Malicious IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets can crash libreswan (CVE-2023-30570)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security Red Hat important crash libreswan IKEv1

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30570 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.src.rpm
aarch64: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.src.rpm
aarch64: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm libreswan-debugsource-3.29-7.el8_2.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: libreswan-3.29-7.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm libreswan-debuginfo-3.29-7.el8_2.2.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
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Medium
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:2124-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2124
Issue date: 2023-05-04

Topic

An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 TelecommunicationsUpdate Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAPSolutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory network security Red Hat important crash libreswan IKEv1

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2187165 - CVE-2023-30570 libreswan: Malicious IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packets can crash libreswan

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