Issued:
2009-05-18
Updated:
2009-05-18

RHSA-2009:1036 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: ipsec-tools security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An updated ipsec-tools package that fixes multiple security issues is 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

The ipsec-tools package is used in conjunction with the IPsec functionality
in the Linux kernel and includes racoon, an IKEv1 keying daemon.

A denial of service flaw was found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. An
unauthenticated, remote attacker could trigger a NULL pointer dereference
that could cause the racoon daemon to crash. (CVE-2009-1574)

Multiple memory leak flaws were found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. If
a remote attacker is able to make multiple connection attempts to the
racoon daemon, it was possible to cause the racoon daemon to consume all
available memory. (CVE-2009-1632)

Users of ipsec-tools should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
backported patches to correct these issues. Users must restart the racoon
daemon for this update to take effect.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • 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 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 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 Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • 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 for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 497990 - CVE-2009-1574 ipsec-tools: racoon NULL dereference in fragmentation code
  • BZ - 500886 - CVE-2009-1632 ipsec-tools: multiple memory leaks fixed in 0.7.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
x86_64
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02ee44060dba7b0cf66bd51c25790d64e67eac070665de6445cb2e54a7c0103f
ia64
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 4d9aabfa823e361822395b333f5b0cfa7b3a7ce160686adbf8d2fb94083d4f17
i386
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a081286ff8cee08711eaad0ab97174891d3224a2a67cdc2a8f531ef3622db072

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
x86_64
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02ee44060dba7b0cf66bd51c25790d64e67eac070665de6445cb2e54a7c0103f
i386
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a081286ff8cee08711eaad0ab97174891d3224a2a67cdc2a8f531ef3622db072

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
x86_64
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02ee44060dba7b0cf66bd51c25790d64e67eac070665de6445cb2e54a7c0103f
i386
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a081286ff8cee08711eaad0ab97174891d3224a2a67cdc2a8f531ef3622db072

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
s390x
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4dacbf2e09117950a8f13fbf175c6b070d92e572633312c5c6a4ce9b0fb084a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
ppc
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: fb5fafc5e414cc67d92e1a8b8be9380d542433746d7eea347dd625981088fd61

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7fd04b988f5fb8d505c4e3288834806fcf3115aa22713583114251982530a22
x86_64
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 02ee44060dba7b0cf66bd51c25790d64e67eac070665de6445cb2e54a7c0103f
i386
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-13.el5_3.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: a081286ff8cee08711eaad0ab97174891d3224a2a67cdc2a8f531ef3622db072

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