SB2015033115 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for strongswan



SB2015033115 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for strongswan

Published: March 31, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015033115
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9221)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.


2) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3991)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.