glsa-201411-07.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201411-07">
  <title>Openswan: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A NULL pointer dereference in Openswan may allow remote attackers
    to cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">openswan</product>
  <announced>2014-11-23</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-11-23</revised>
  <bug>499870</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/openswan" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="le">2.6.39-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that users
      unmerge Openswan:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --unmerge "net-misc/openswan"
    </code>
    
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6466">CVE-2013-6466</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-06-19T01:21:40Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-11-23T17:45:46Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>