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strongswan (5.8.2-1ubuntu3.3) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer Overflow in gmp Plugin
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-41990.patch: reject RSASSA-PSS params with
      negative salt length in
      src/libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c,
      src/libstrongswan/plugins/gmp/gmp_rsa_public_key.c.
    - CVE-2021-41990
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer Overflow When Replacing Certificates in Cache
    - debian/patches/CVE-2021-41991.patch: prevent crash due to integer
      overflow/sign change in
      src/libstrongswan/credentials/sets/cert_cache.c.
    - CVE-2021-41991

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:22:57 -0400

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Binary packages built by this source

charon-cmd: standalone IPsec client

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the charon-cmd command, which can be used as a client to
 connect to a remote IKE daemon.

charon-cmd-dbgsym: debug symbols for charon-cmd
charon-systemd: strongSwan IPsec client, systemd support

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the charon-systemd files.

charon-systemd-dbgsym: debug symbols for charon-systemd
libcharon-extauth-plugins: strongSwan charon library (extended authentication plugins)

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package provides extended authentication plugins for the charon library:
  - eap-mschapv2 (EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol handler using passwords/NT hashes)
    Used for client side to connect to some VPN concentrators configured for
    Windows 7+ and modern OSX/iOS using IKEv2 (identify with public key,
    authenticate with MSCHAPv2).
  - xauth-generic (Generic XAuth backend that provides passwords from
    ipsec.secrets and other credential sets)
    Used for the client side to connect to VPN concentrators configured for
    Android and older OSX/iOS using IKEv1 and XAUTH (identify with public key,
    authenticate with XAUTH password).
 .
 These are the "not always, but still more commonly used" plugins, for further
 needs even more plugins can be found in the package libcharon-extra-plugins.

libcharon-extauth-plugins-dbgsym: debug symbols for libcharon-extauth-plugins
libcharon-extra-plugins: strongSwan charon library (extra plugins)

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package provides extra plugins for the charon library:
  - addrblock (Narrow traffic selectors to RFC 3779 address blocks in X.509
    certificates)
  - certexpire (Export expiration dates of used certificates)
  - eap-aka (Generic EAP-AKA protocol handler using different backends)
  - eap-gtc (EAP-GTC protocol handler authenticating with XAuth backends)
  - eap-identity (EAP-Identity identity exchange algorithm, to use with other
    EAP protocols)
  - eap-md5 (EAP-MD5 protocol handler using passwords)
  - eap-radius (EAP server proxy plugin forwarding EAP conversations to a
    RADIUS server)
  - eap-tls (EAP-TLS protocol handler, to authenticate with certificates in
    EAP)
  - eap-tnc (EAP-TNC protocol handler, Trusted Network Connect in a TLS tunnel)
  - eap-ttls (EAP-TTLS protocol handler, wraps other EAP methods securely)
  - error-notify (Notification about errors via UNIX socket)
  - ha (High-Availability clustering)
  - kernel-libipsec (Userspace IPsec Backend with TUN devices)
  - led (Let Linux LED subsystem LEDs blink on IKE activity)
  - lookip (Virtual IP lookup facility using a UNIX socket)
  - tnc (Trusted Network Connect)
  - unity (Cisco Unity extensions for IKEv1)
  - xauth-eap (XAuth backend that uses EAP methods to verify passwords)
  - xauth-pam (XAuth backend that uses PAM modules to verify passwords)
  - eap-dynamic (EAP proxy plugin that dynamically selects an EAP method
    requested/supported by the client (since 5.0.1))
  - eap-peap (EAP-PEAP protocol handler, wraps other EAP methods securely)

libcharon-extra-plugins-dbgsym: debug symbols for libcharon-extra-plugins
libcharon-standard-plugins: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

libstrongswan: strongSwan utility and crypto library

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package provides the underlying libraries of charon and other strongSwan
 components. It is built in a modular way and is extendable through various
 plugins.
 .
 Some default (as specified by the strongSwan projet) plugins are included.
 For libstrongswan (cryptographic backends, URI fetchers and database layers):
  - aes (AES-128/192/256 cipher software implementation)
  - constraints (X.509 certificate advanced constraint checking)
  - dnskey (Parse RFC 4034 public keys)
  - drbg (NIST SP-800-90A Deterministic Random Bit Generator)
  - fips-prf (PRF specified by FIPS, used by EAP-SIM/AKA algorithms)
  - gmp (RSA/DH crypto backend based on libgmp)
  - hmac (HMAC wrapper using various hashers)
  - md5 (MD5 hasher software implementation)
  - mgf1 (Mask Generation Functions based on the SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512)
  - nonce (Default nonce generation plugin)
  - pem (PEM encoding/decoding routines)
  - pgp (PGP encoding/decoding routines)
  - pkcs1 (PKCS#1 encoding/decoding routines)
  - pkcs8 (PKCS#8 decoding routines)
  - pkcs12 (PKCS#12 decoding routines)
  - pubkey (Wrapper to handle raw public keys as trusted certificates)
  - random (RNG reading from /dev/[u]random)
  - rc2 (RC2 cipher software implementation)
  - revocation (X.509 CRL/OCSP revocation checking)
  - sha1 (SHA1 hasher software implementation)
  - sha2 (SHA256/SHA384/SHA512 hasher software implementation)
  - sshkey (SSH key decoding routines)
  - x509 (Advanced X.509 plugin for parsing/generating X.509 certificates/CRLs
    and OCSP messages)
  - xcbc (XCBC wrapper using various ciphers)
  - attr (Provides IKE attributes configured in strongswan.conf)
  - kernel-netlink [linux] (IPsec/Networking kernel interface using Linux
    Netlink)
  - kernel-pfkey [kfreebsd] (IPsec kernel interface using PF_KEY)
  - kernel-pfroute [kfreebsd] (Networking kernel interface using PF_ROUTE)
  - resolve (Writes name servers received via IKE to a resolv.conf file or
    installs them via resolvconf(8))

libstrongswan-dbgsym: debug symbols for libstrongswan
libstrongswan-extra-plugins: strongSwan utility and crypto library (extra plugins)

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package provides extra plugins for the strongSwan utility and
 cryptographic library.
 .
 Included plugins are:
  - af-alg [linux] (AF_ALG Linux crypto API interface, provides
    ciphers/hashers/hmac/xcbc)
  - ccm (CCM cipher mode wrapper)
  - cmac (CMAC cipher mode wrapper)
  - ctr (CTR cipher mode wrapper)
  - curl (libcurl based HTTP/FTP fetcher)
  - curve25519 (support for Diffie-Hellman group 31 using Curve25519 and
    support for the Ed25519 digital signature algorithm for IKEv2)
  - gcrypt (Crypto backend based on libgcrypt, provides
    RSA/DH/ciphers/hashers/rng)
  - ldap (LDAP fetching plugin based on libldap)
  - ntru (key exchanged based on post-quantum computer NTRU)
  - padlock (VIA padlock crypto backend, provides AES128/SHA1)
  - pkcs11 (PKCS#11 smartcard backend)
  - rdrand (High quality / high performance random source using the Intel
    rdrand instruction found on Ivy Bridge processors)
  - test-vectors (Set of test vectors for various algorithms)
 .
 Also included is the libtpmtss library adding support for TPM plugin
 (https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/TpmPlugin)

libstrongswan-extra-plugins-dbgsym: debug symbols for libstrongswan-extra-plugins
libstrongswan-standard-plugins: strongSwan utility and crypto library (standard plugins)

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package provides some common plugins for the strongSwan utility and
 cryptograhic library.
 .
 Included plugins are:
  - agent (RSA/ECDSA private key backend connecting to SSH-Agent)
  - gcm (GCM cipher mode wrapper)
  - openssl (Crypto backend based on OpenSSL, provides
    RSA/ECDSA/DH/ECDH/ciphers/hashers/HMAC/X.509/CRL/RNG)

libstrongswan-standard-plugins-dbgsym: debug symbols for libstrongswan-standard-plugins
strongswan: IPsec VPN solution metapackage

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux
 kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This metapackage installs the packages required to maintain IKEv1 and IKEv2
 connections via ipsec.conf or ipsec.secrets.

strongswan-charon: strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 charon is an IPsec IKEv2 daemon which can act as an initiator or a responder.
 It is written from scratch using a fully multi-threaded design and a modular
 architecture. Various plugins can provide additional functionality.

strongswan-charon-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-charon
strongswan-libcharon: strongSwan charon library

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the charon library, used by IKE client like
 strongswan-charon, strongswan-charon-cmd or strongswan-nm as well as standard
 plugins:
   - socket-default
   - counters
   - bypass-lan (disabled by default)
 .
 On Linux, it also contains the xfrmi binary which can be used on Linux 4.19+
 to create XFRM interfaces (for more information, see
 https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/RouteBasedVPN)

strongswan-libcharon-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-libcharon
strongswan-nm: strongSwan plugin to interact with NetworkManager

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This plugin provides an interface which allows NetworkManager to configure
 and control the IKEv2 daemon directly through D-Bus. It is designed to work
 in conjunction with the network-manager-strongswan package, providing
 a simple graphical frontend to configure IPsec based VPNs.

strongswan-nm-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-nm
strongswan-pki: strongSwan IPsec client, pki command

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the pki tool which allows on to run a simple public key
 infrastructure.

strongswan-pki-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-pki
strongswan-scepclient: strongSwan IPsec client, SCEP client

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the SCEP client, an implementation of the Cisco System's
 Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP).

strongswan-scepclient-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-scepclient
strongswan-starter: strongSwan daemon starter and configuration file parser

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 The starter and the associated "ipsec" script control the charon daemon from
 the command line. It parses ipsec.conf and loads the configurations to the
 daemon.

strongswan-starter-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-starter
strongswan-swanctl: strongSwan IPsec client, swanctl command

 The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
 Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
 .
 This package contains the swanctl interface, used to configure a running
 charon daemon

strongswan-swanctl-dbgsym: debug symbols for strongswan-swanctl
strongswan-tnc-base: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

strongswan-tnc-client: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

strongswan-tnc-ifmap: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

strongswan-tnc-pdp: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

strongswan-tnc-server: transitional package

 This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.