Issued:
2014-09-16
Updated:
2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1223 - openswan bug fix update

Synopsis

openswan bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openswan packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Openswan is an implementation of Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) and Internet Key Exchange (IKE). IPsec uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, Openswan supported a NAT-T negotiation method which used a notification number that was assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for another option. This incorrect option was therefore removed. As a consequence, clients supporting non-RFC versions of NAT-T could not establish an Openswan connection. With this update, Openswan has been modified to fully ignore that option, and clients can send both the incorrect option and the draft or the RFC option to connect to Openswan successfully. (BZ#1070358)

Users of openswan are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-9.el5.i386.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.src.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-9.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-9.el5.s390x.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.i386.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-9.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-9.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.ppc.rpm
  • openswan-doc-2.6.32-9.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-9.el5.ia64.rpm
  • openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-9.el5.i386.rpm
  • openswan-2.6.32-9.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information