USN-2628-1: strongSwan vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2628-1

8th June, 2015

strongswan vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

strongSwan could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

  • strongswan - IPsec VPN solution

Details

Alexander E. Patrakov discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled
certain IKEv2 setups. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to
obtain user credentials.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:
strongswan-ike 5.1.2-0ubuntu5.2
Ubuntu 14.10:
strongswan-ike 5.1.2-0ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
strongswan-ike 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-4171



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