Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202405-08

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202405-08
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Severity: Normal
Title: strongSwan: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 04, 2024
Bugs: #818841, #832460, #878887, #899964
ID: 202405-08

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan, the worst
of which could possibly lead to remote code execution.

Background
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strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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net-vpn/strongswan < 5.9.10 >= 5.9.10

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-vpn/strongswan-5.9.10”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-41991
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41991
[ 2 ] CVE-2021-45079
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45079
[ 3 ] CVE-2022-40617
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40617
[ 4 ] CVE-2023-26463
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26463

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-08

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5