USN-2450-1: strongSwan vulnerability
5 January 2015
strongSwan could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- strongswan - IPsec VPN solution
Details
Mike Daskalakis discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled IKEv2
payloads that contained the Diffie-Hellman group 1025. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause the IKE daemon to crash, resulting in a
denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.