USN-3482-1: ipsec-tools vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3482-1
16th November, 2017
ipsec-tools vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
ipsec-tools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
- ipsec-tools
– IPsec tools for Linux
Details
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
Source: USN-3482-1: ipsec-tools vulnerability
