[ GLSA 202007-21 ] Libreswan

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Libreswan: Denial of service (GLSA 202007-21)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2020-07-27
Bug(s): #722696
ID: 202007-21

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Libreswan could lead to a Denial of Service
condition.


Background

Libreswan is a free software implementation of the most widely supported
and standarized VPN protocol based on (“IPsec”) and the Internet Key
Exchange (“IKE”).


Affected Packages

Package: net-vpn/libreswan
Vulnerable: < 3.32
Unaffected: >= 3.32
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

As a result of a bug in handling certain bogus encrypted IKEv1, while
building a log message that the packet has been dropped, a NULL pointer
dereference causes Libreswan to crash and restart when it attempts to log
the state name involved.


Impact

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Libreswan users should upgrade to the latest version: