Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0916 - openswan bug fix update

Synopsis

openswan bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openswan packages that fix numerous bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Openswan is a free implementation of IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) and IKE (Internet Key Exchange) for Linux. The openswan package contains the daemons and user space tools for setting up Openswan. It supports the NETKEY/XFRM IPsec kernel stack that exists in the default Linux kernel. Openswan 2.6.x also supports IKEv2 (RFC4306).

These updated openswan packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/openswan.html#RHBA-2012-0916

All users of openswan are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide numerous bug fixes.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • openswan-2.6.32-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-16.el6.src.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-16.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information