Security update for strongswan

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1791-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

strongswan was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2015-4171: A problem that could enable rogue servers 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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-strongswan-12152=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-strongswan-12152=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • strongswan-4.4.0-6.29.2
    • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.29.2
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • strongswan-4.4.0-6.29.2
    • strongswan-doc-4.4.0-6.29.2

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