SUSE-SU-2014:0793-1: moderate: Security update for strongswan

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for strongswan
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0793-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #876449 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-2891
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 fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update fixes a NULL ptr dereference (DoS) via ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID
   payloads.

   Security Issue reference:

       * CVE-2014-2891
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2891>

Indications:

   Everybody should update.

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-9251

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-strongswan-9251

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-strongswan-9251

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


Package List:

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

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1

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

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1

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

      strongswan-4.4.0-6.25.1
      strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.25.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2891.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/876449
   http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a7ef4d27eca3df5b8df32db3b40be121