Bug 703473

Summary:	Protocol ports does not work if hostname is given instead of ipaddress with Openswan
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa>
Component:	openswan	Assignee:	Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	6.1	CC:	amarecek, ebenes, iboverma, jwest, sgrubb
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Reopened, ZStream
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Hardware:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	openswan-2.6.32-5.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Openswan did not handle protocol and port (leftprotoport) configuration correctly if the hostname parameter was configured instead of the ipaddress parameter using Openswan. This update solves this issue, and Openswan now correctly sets up policies with the correct protocol and port even when the hostname parameter is configured.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2011-12-06 19:05:21 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	712112

Description Avesh Agarwal 2011-05-10 13:16:13 UTC

Description of problem:
Porotocol ports does not work if hostname is given instead of ipaddress with Openswan. When ports are configured using leftprotoport in a connection configuration.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.32-4.el6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure 
left=abc.xyz.com #(instead of ip address)
leftprotoport=tcp/21
2. established connection
3. check output of "ip xfrm policy" and ports are not shown, and they dont work. 
  
Actual results:
protocol ports does not work with hostname too.

Expected results:
protocol ports should work with hostname too.

Additional info:

Comment 4 Martin Prpič 2011-07-13 19:42:00 UTC

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    New Contents:
Openswan did not handle protocol and port (leftprotoport) configuration correctly if the hostname parameter was configured instead of the ipaddress parameter using Openswan. This update solves this issue, and Openswan now correctly sets up policies with the correct protocol and port even when the hostname parameter is configured.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 19:05:21 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1761.html