SUSE-SU-2013:1866-1: moderate: Security update for strongswan

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1866-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #833278 #840826 #847506 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-5018
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This strongswan update fixes security issues and bugs:

   * CVE-2013-5018: Specially crafted XAuth usernames and
   EAP identities could cause a crash in strongswan.
   * CVE-2013-6075: A crafted ID packet can be used by
   remote attackers to crash the server or potentially gain
   authentication privileges under certain circumstances.

   Additionally, a bug in route recursion limits was fixed:

   * Charon segfaults when left=%any / recursion limit.
   (bnc#840826)

   Security Issues:

   * CVE-2013-5018
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5018
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-8488

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-8488

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-strongswan-8488

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.21.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.21.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5018.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833278
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/840826
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/847506
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=efb2537a9b17212b4bf63d91dcbc15a9