summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-13.xml')
-rw-r--r--metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-13.xml62
1 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-13.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-13.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98d1f6edf966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-201203-13.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201203-13">
+ <title>Openswan: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities in Openswan may create a Denial of Service
+ condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Openswan</product>
+ <announced>2012-03-16</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-03-16</revised>
+ <bug>372961</bug>
+ <bug>389097</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/openswan" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.6.37</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.37</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Two vulnerabilities have been found in Openswan:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Improper permissions are used on /var/run/starter.pid and
+ /var/lock/subsys/ipsec (CVE-2011-2147).
+ </li>
+ <li>Openswan contains a use-after-free error in the cryptographic helper
+ handler (CVE-2011-4073).
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote authenticated attacker or a local attacker may be able to cause
+ a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Openswan users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/openswan-2.6.37"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
+ available since November 10, 2011. It is likely that your system is
+ already no longer affected by this issue.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2147">CVE-2011-2147</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4073">CVE-2011-4073</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T21:14:35Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-03-16T10:56:03Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>