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TITLE:
strongSwan Dead Peer Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34546

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34546/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in strongSwan, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA34483

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.8.9 and 4.2.14.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.8.9, 4.2.14, or apply patches.
http://www.openswan.org/CVE-2009-0790/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Gerd v. Egidy of Intra2net AG.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openswan.org/CVE-2009-0790/CVE-2009-0790.txt
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34483:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34483/

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