Security update for strongswan

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1196-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

Strongswan was updated to fix one security issue.

The following vulnerability was fixed:

  • CVE-2015-4171: Rogue servers were able to authenticate themselves with certificate issued by any CA the client trusts, to gain user credentials from a client in certain IKEv2 setups (bsc#933591)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-297=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-297=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-297=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-ipsec-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-5.1.3-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (noarch)
    • strongswan-doc-5.1.3-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-hmac-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-ipsec-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-5.1.3-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch)
    • strongswan-doc-5.1.3-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-debuginfo-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-hmac-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-ipsec-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-libs0-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.1.3-18.1
    • strongswan-5.1.3-18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • strongswan-doc-5.1.3-18.1

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