Executive Summary

Summary
Title strongSwan vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3301-1 First vendor Publication 2017-05-30
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-05-30
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

strongSwan could be made to crash or hang if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - strongswan: IPsec VPN solution

Details:

It was discovered that the strongSwan gmp plugin incorrectly validated RSA public keys. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9022)

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly parsed ASN.1 CHOICE types. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9023)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
libstrongswan 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.1
strongswan 5.5.1-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
libstrongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3
strongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3
strongswan-plugin-gmp 5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libstrongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3
strongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3
strongswan-plugin-gmp 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libstrongswan 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6
strongswan 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6
strongswan-plugin-gmp 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3301-1
CVE-2017-9022, CVE-2017-9023

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.5.1-1ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.3.5-1ubuntu4.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/strongswan/5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 131
Os 4
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_c7e8e9556c6111e79b012047478f2f70.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_e6ccaf8a6c6311e79b012047478f2f70.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-973.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1471-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1473-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3866.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-31 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3301-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-06-21 21:24:10
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-09 00:24:19
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-01 13:24:59
  • Multiple Updates
2017-05-30 17:21:57
  • First insertion