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Severity: Normal
Title: strongSwan: Buffer Overflow
Date: July 08, 2025
Bugs: #920105
ID: 202507-04

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow has been discovered in strongSwan, which can lead to
remote code execution.

Background
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strongSwan is an IPSec implementation for Linux.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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net-vpn/strongswan < 5.9.13 >= 5.9.13

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A vulnerability in charon-tkm related to processing DH public values was discovered in strongSwan that can result in a buffer overflow and
potentially remote code execution.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-vpn/strongswan-5.9.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-41913
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41913

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202507-04

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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