Issued:
2011-11-02
Updated:
2011-11-02

RHSA-2011:1422 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: openswan security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated openswan packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

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.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way Openswan's pluto IKE daemon used
cryptographic helpers. A remote, authenticated attacker could send a
specially-crafted IKE packet that would crash the pluto daemon. This issue
only affected SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems that have the
cryptographic helpers enabled. The helpers are disabled by default on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5, but enabled by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6. (CVE-2011-4073)

Red Hat would like to thank the Openswan project for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Petar Tsankov, Mohammad Torabi Dashti and David Basin
of the information security group at ETH Zurich as the original reporters.

All users of openswan are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing
this update, the ipsec service will be restarted automatically.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 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 - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 748961 - CVE-2011-4073 openswan: use-after-free vulnerability leads to DoS

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d429b19de6c64ac40ff216f67cff403a27d6154654aec6896b55adbf74f4c17
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 16ca2f4c1bdd144ef830f6d89c647c93ac9cf77a28f56808ff623aced0f1bcfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
x86_64
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 824affbeacfdf8ceeb63b5a0195a374ea75d3c74c0f6d5e59c954bdf02988980
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 335a6b3c32cd9ace8e251c6310e0800ea796314e538614778044b4eb47e1e097
ia64
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 785c7fb08ecda4dbe7e2a4aec3bc25bb6ef0da1a8bb98acd4581687ecc45bee9
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 7df6991b09a160630905eef37212e026180f6f743abdb2b53fcc25ca69a2ba6b
i386
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: fd1a785e6500655e3dc6e0874e9c4a840cc194977964e17b9856d5b691123981
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: 393a68cb883f900734ab4f3e5ea1d2ce90bec989f4d9082126f4a94f93a6ecc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d429b19de6c64ac40ff216f67cff403a27d6154654aec6896b55adbf74f4c17
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 16ca2f4c1bdd144ef830f6d89c647c93ac9cf77a28f56808ff623aced0f1bcfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d429b19de6c64ac40ff216f67cff403a27d6154654aec6896b55adbf74f4c17
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 16ca2f4c1bdd144ef830f6d89c647c93ac9cf77a28f56808ff623aced0f1bcfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
x86_64
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 824affbeacfdf8ceeb63b5a0195a374ea75d3c74c0f6d5e59c954bdf02988980
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 335a6b3c32cd9ace8e251c6310e0800ea796314e538614778044b4eb47e1e097
i386
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: fd1a785e6500655e3dc6e0874e9c4a840cc194977964e17b9856d5b691123981
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: 393a68cb883f900734ab4f3e5ea1d2ce90bec989f4d9082126f4a94f93a6ecc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d429b19de6c64ac40ff216f67cff403a27d6154654aec6896b55adbf74f4c17
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 16ca2f4c1bdd144ef830f6d89c647c93ac9cf77a28f56808ff623aced0f1bcfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
x86_64
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 824affbeacfdf8ceeb63b5a0195a374ea75d3c74c0f6d5e59c954bdf02988980
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 335a6b3c32cd9ace8e251c6310e0800ea796314e538614778044b4eb47e1e097
i386
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: fd1a785e6500655e3dc6e0874e9c4a840cc194977964e17b9856d5b691123981
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: 393a68cb883f900734ab4f3e5ea1d2ce90bec989f4d9082126f4a94f93a6ecc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
s390x
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d65ac12af4fde6f90ce35200826e1e49b24c022d46b7999e6b6e38c3aac8f67e
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8dcc1a06fa03ba848413460623f52c0e80c550fc8bf29f7270808d943a2fe42b
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8dcc1a06fa03ba848413460623f52c0e80c550fc8bf29f7270808d943a2fe42b
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4761ac0c6241515d84a16ed00efa65610bfa09e59d8db449b03f84659c1f5e7c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
s390x
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd491428310b39605c021bc0f9745425f9d4ba467bd208ccb732fe7426dea89d
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dd75ade86002b32ee0f7750462ea4983faa20ba9452fe2bf51d354c5b2ca8a16

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
s390x
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d65ac12af4fde6f90ce35200826e1e49b24c022d46b7999e6b6e38c3aac8f67e
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8dcc1a06fa03ba848413460623f52c0e80c550fc8bf29f7270808d943a2fe42b
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8dcc1a06fa03ba848413460623f52c0e80c550fc8bf29f7270808d943a2fe42b
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4761ac0c6241515d84a16ed00efa65610bfa09e59d8db449b03f84659c1f5e7c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
ppc64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bbf7fcf50a4583a90b7fe1ddf5a4c08e4b870cb0e6572ab07cbce3dbeac2b5c8
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: fdd3a9a118a07add3bbd4523d499a38917f37b400e06128fad764b7021c18d7d
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: fdd3a9a118a07add3bbd4523d499a38917f37b400e06128fad764b7021c18d7d
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: dbd31373fb70f3037838e6c2f25f49824aadeba69ab76b4a1b8a53fcee25d344

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
ppc
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d850b90379d9ec7cc890753de100f8a5a6dde0e7d15de9644d7ab53144f5798e
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 34fc6ec9bd40189377ef8559d7798ec790d1bfeabe60c43470711771fecd2148

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
ppc64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bbf7fcf50a4583a90b7fe1ddf5a4c08e4b870cb0e6572ab07cbce3dbeac2b5c8
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: fdd3a9a118a07add3bbd4523d499a38917f37b400e06128fad764b7021c18d7d
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: fdd3a9a118a07add3bbd4523d499a38917f37b400e06128fad764b7021c18d7d
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: dbd31373fb70f3037838e6c2f25f49824aadeba69ab76b4a1b8a53fcee25d344

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7d429b19de6c64ac40ff216f67cff403a27d6154654aec6896b55adbf74f4c17
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4
openswan-doc-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 16ca2f4c1bdd144ef830f6d89c647c93ac9cf77a28f56808ff623aced0f1bcfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.src.rpm SHA-256: 8217358f258107807c66f5173f12e2d88cd708205de9f14660a11d8c3b61d65a
x86_64
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 824affbeacfdf8ceeb63b5a0195a374ea75d3c74c0f6d5e59c954bdf02988980
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 335a6b3c32cd9ace8e251c6310e0800ea796314e538614778044b4eb47e1e097
i386
openswan-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: fd1a785e6500655e3dc6e0874e9c4a840cc194977964e17b9856d5b691123981
openswan-doc-2.6.21-5.el5_7.6.i386.rpm SHA-256: 393a68cb883f900734ab4f3e5ea1d2ce90bec989f4d9082126f4a94f93a6ecc7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd
i386
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 735dcdcae087297768b84c3ed3437aa3a041000a139f5de04907b370eae277a3
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7e3910d7159091cdb8c3382fc74033002deefbd778f0b8c6410953f29a4b5de4

Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1

SRPM
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 984d92f936f0b7c0ffdbefa9f39ad8b8c3d904a3a39733cdac1f294c42a216af
x86_64
openswan-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e1cba26f2c97aeb68414592133c3bedea9103acbde8ed552e387057970a8bcae
openswan-debuginfo-2.6.32-4.el6_1.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 82bac6ddae21a6d74437f7afa35dff7c5ca2df3803360e140df204fde80335fd

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