Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in strongSwan, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
strongSwan GMP Plugin RSA Signature Handling Security Bypass
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49370
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-01
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in strongSwan, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the GMP plugin when
handling empty or zeroed RSA signatures and can be exploited to
authenticate as other users.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.2.0 through 4.6.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.6.4.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Codenomicon CROSS Project.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2012/05/31/strongswan-4.6.4-released-%28cve-2012-2388%29.html
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