Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3482-1
16th November, 2017
ipsec-tools vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
ipsec-tools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
It was discovered that racoon, the ipsec-tools IKE daemon, incorrectly
handled certain ISAKMP fragments. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause racoon to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
racoon 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.2
ipsec-tools 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2016-10396
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16th November, 2017
ipsec-tools vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
ipsec-tools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
- ipsec-tools - IPsec tools for Linux
It was discovered that racoon, the ipsec-tools IKE daemon, incorrectly
handled certain ISAKMP fragments. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause racoon to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
racoon 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.2
ipsec-tools 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2016-10396
Continue reading...
