Technical Description

SuSE has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Openswan and IPsec-Tools. This flaw could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending malformed packets to a vulnerable system. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2521 and VUPEN/ADV-2005-2407

Affected Products

SuSE Linux 10.0
SuSE Linux 9.3
SuSE Linux 9.2
SuSE Linux 9.1
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2999
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/3060

ChangeLog

2005-12-20 : Initial release

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