Bug 704548 - AH protocol broken with Openswan
Summary: AH protocol broken with Openswan
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openswan
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
urgent
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Avesh Agarwal
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Blocks: 712168
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Reported: 2011-05-13 14:50 UTC by Avesh Agarwal
Modified: 2011-12-06 19:05 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openswan-2.6.32-5.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, Openswan failed to set up AH (Authentication Header) mode security associations (SAs). This was because Openswan was erroneously processing the AH mode as if it was the ESP (Ecrypted Secure Payload) mode, and was expecting an encryption key. This update fixes this issue, and it is now possible to properly set up AH mode SAs.
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 19:05:28 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1761 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE openswan bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:01:39 UTC

Description Avesh Agarwal 2011-05-13 14:50:33 UTC 
Description of problem:
AH protocol negotiation does not work with Openswan, and SAs are not setup.


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

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure
phase2=ah
phase2alg=sha1

2. Negotiate a connection.
3. Connection negotiation is not complete.
  
Actual results:
SAs are not setup.

Expected results:
SAs should be setup.

Additional info:
Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2011-07-13 19:42:43 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, Openswan failed to set up AH (Authentication Header) mode security associations (SAs). This was because Openswan was erroneously processing the AH mode as if it was the ESP (Ecrypted Secure Payload) mode, and was expecting an encryption key. This update fixes this issue, and it is now possible to properly set up AH mode SAs.
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 19:05:28 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
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