Scientific Linux: 2016:2603-2 Moderate: Libreswan Traffic Amplification Fix

Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:58:38 -0000
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From: Scott Reid 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: libreswan on SL7.x x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: libreswan security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2603-2
Issue Date: 2016-11-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-5361
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Security Fix(es):

* A traffic amplification flaw was found in the Internet Key Exchange
version 1 (IKEv1) protocol. A remote attacker could use a libreswan server
with IKEv1 enabled in a network traffic amplification denial of service
attack against other hosts on the network by sending UDP packets with a
spoofed source address to that server. (CVE-2016-5361)

Additional Changes:
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SL7
 x86_64
 libreswan-3.15-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
 libreswan-debuginfo-3.15-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team