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Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04: USN-5111-2 StrongSwan Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 19, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 installations are upgraded to patch strongSwan flaws, thereby fortifying overall system security.
Several security issues were fixed in strongSwan.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service remote attack Ubuntu strongSwan

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libstrongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm1 strongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libstrongswan 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm1 strongswan 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5111-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5111-1

CVE-2021-41991

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October 19, 2021

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security advisory denial of service remote attack Ubuntu strongSwan

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