GLSA 200406-20 - FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan

A FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-20
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan: Vulnerabilities in
certificate handling
Date: June 25, 2004
ID: 200406-20

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Synopsis
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FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan and Super-FreeS/WAN contain two bugs when authenticating PKCS#7 certificates. This could allow an attacker to authenticate with a fake certificate.

Background
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FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan and Super-FreeS/WAN are Open Source implementations of IPsec for the Linux operating system. They are all based on the discontinued FreeS/WAN project.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/freeswan < 2.04-r1 >= 2.04-r1
== 1.99-r1
2 net-misc/openswan < 2.1.4 >= 2.1.4
== 1.0.6_rc1
3 net-misc/strongswan < 2.1.3 >= 2.1.3
4 net-misc/super-freeswan <= 1.99.7.3 Vulnerable!

Description
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All these IPsec implementations have several bugs in the verify_x509cert() function, which performs certificate validation, that make them vulnerable to malicious PKCS#7 wrapped objects.

Impact
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With a carefully crafted certificate payload an attacker can successfully authenticate against FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan or Super-FreeS/WAN, or make the daemon go into an endless loop.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Resolution
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All FreeS/WAN 1.9x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv "=net-misc/freeswan-1.99-r1"
# emerge "=net-misc/freeswan-1.99-r1"

All FreeS/WAN 2.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/freeswan-2.04-r1"
# emerge ">=net-misc/freeswan-2.04-r1"

All Openswan 1.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"
# emerge "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"

All Openswan 2.x users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/openswan-2.1.4"
# emerge ">=net-misc/openswan-2.1.4"

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/strongswan-2.1.3"
# emerge ">=net-misc/strongswan-2.1.3"

All Super-FreeS/WAN users should migrate to the latest stable version of Openswan. Note that Portage will force a move for Super-FreeS/WAN users to Openswan.

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"
# emerge "=net-misc/openswan-1.0.6_rc1"

References
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[ 1 ] Openswan/strongSwan Authentication Bug
http://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/dev/2004-June/000370.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.