Issued:
2024-04-29
Updated:
2024-04-29

RHSA-2024:2085 - Moderate: libreswan security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Moderate: libreswan security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for libreswan is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

  • libreswan: Missing PreSharedKey for connection can cause crash (CVE-2024-2357)

Bug Fix(es):

  • Connection cannot be established when IPv6 IP SAN is used (JIRA:RHEL-33350)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support9.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support9.2s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates9.2s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support9.2aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates9.2aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS9.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • libreswan-4.9-5.el9_2.1.s390x.rpm
  • libreswan-debugsource-4.9-5.el9_2.1.s390x.rpm
  • libreswan-debuginfo-4.9-5.el9_2.1.s390x.rpm
  • libreswan-4.9-5.el9_2.1.src.rpm
  • libreswan-4.9-5.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
  • libreswan-debugsource-4.9-5.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libreswan-debugsource-4.9-5.el9_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • libreswan-debuginfo-4.9-5.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libreswan-4.9-5.el9_2.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libreswan-debuginfo-4.9-5.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm
  • libreswan-debuginfo-4.9-5.el9_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • libreswan-4.9-5.el9_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • libreswan-debugsource-4.9-5.el9_2.1.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information