- Issued:
- 2009-07-02
- Updated:
- 2009-07-02
RHSA-2009:1138 - Important: openswan security update
Synopsis
Important: openswan security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
Updated openswan packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Description
Openswan is a free 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. Everything passing through the untrusted network is encrypted by the IPsec gateway machine, and decrypted by the gateway at the other end of the tunnel. The resulting tunnel is a virtual private network (VPN).
Multiple insufficient input validation flaws were found in the way Openswan's pluto IKE daemon processed some fields of X.509 certificates. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted X.509 certificate that would crash the pluto daemon. (CVE-2009-2185)
All users of openswan are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update, the ipsec service will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- openswan-doc-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.ppc.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.ia64.rpm
- openswan-doc-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.s390x.rpm
- openswan-doc-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.i386.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.src.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- openswan-doc-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.ia64.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.i386.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.s390x.rpm
- openswan-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.ppc.rpm
- openswan-doc-2.6.14-1.el5_3.3.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.