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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-2623-1 Critical: ipsec-tools Denial Of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 1, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
ipsec-tools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

ipsec-tools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- ipsec-tools: IPsec tools for Linux

Details:

It was discovered that racoon, the ipsec-tools IKE daemon, incorrectly

handled certain UDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to

cause racoon to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  racoon                          1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2623-1

CVE-2015-4047

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June 01, 2015

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security advisory denial of service critical ipsec-tools ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipsec-tools/1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.1

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