USN-5250-2: strongSwan vulnerability
24 January 2022
strongSwan could crash or allow unintended access to network services.
Releases
Packages
- strongswan - IPsec VPN solution
Details
USN-5250-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Zhuowei Zhang discovered that stringSwan incorrectly handled EAP
authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass client and
server authentication.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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libstrongswan
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5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
strongswan
-
5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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libstrongswan
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5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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strongswan
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5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5250-1: strongswan-tnc-pdp, libcharon-extra-plugins, charon-cmd, strongswan-libcharon, strongswan-starter, strongswan-tnc-base, strongswan-tnc-server, libstrongswan, libcharon-extauth-plugins, strongswan-nm, strongswan-tnc-ifmap, libstrongswan-extra-plugins, strongswan-tnc-client, strongswan, strongswan-charon, charon-systemd, strongswan-swanctl, libcharon-standard-plugins, strongswan-scepclient, strongswan-pki, libstrongswan-standard-plugins