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		 NetBSD Security Advisory 2006-011
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Topic:		IPSec replay attack

Version:	NetBSD-current:	source prior to March 23, 2006
		NetBSD 3.0:	affected
		NetBSD 2.1:	affected
		NetBSD 2.0.*:	affected
		NetBSD 2.0:	affected

Severity:	Systems could be vulnerable to a replay attack

Fixed:		NetBSD-current:		March 23, 2006
		NetBSD-3-0 branch:	March 28, 2006
						(3.0.1 will include the fix)
		NetBSD-3 branch:	March 28, 2006
		NetBSD-2-1 branch:	March 30, 2006
						(2.1.1 will include the fix)
		NetBSD-2-0 branch:	March 30, 2006
						(2.0.4 will include the fix)
		NetBSD-2 branch:	March 30, 2006


Abstract
========

A vulnerability was found in the fast_ipsec(4) stack that renders the 
IPSec anti-replay service ineffective under certain circumstances.

If the upper layer protocol doesn't provide any anti-packet replay
verification (for example, UDP) the system may be vulnerable to a 
replay attack.

This vulnerability has been assigned CVE reference CVE-2006-0905.

Technical Details
=================

The anti-replay service specifies an algorithm for preventing
injection of previously received packets from unknown parties
(the replay attack).

Due to a programming error in the fast_ipsec(4) stack, the Sequence
Number associated with a SA was not being updated, thus allowing
packets to bypass any sequence verification check.

Solutions and Workarounds
=========================

The default configuration of NetBSD does not ship with FAST_IPSEC enabled.

For all NetBSD versions, you need to obtain fixed kernel sources,
rebuild and install the new kernel, and reboot the system.

The fixed source may be obtained from the NetBSD CVS repository.

The following instructions briefly summarise how to upgrade your
kernel.  In these instructions, replace:

  ARCH     with your architecture (from uname -m), and 
  KERNCONF with the name of your kernel configuration file.

To update from CVS, re-build, and re-install the kernel:

	# cd src
	# cvs update -d -P sys/netipsec/xform_esp.c
	# ./build.sh kernel=KERNCONF
	# mv /netbsd /netbsd.old
	# cp sys/arch/ARCH/compile/obj/KERNCONF/netbsd /netbsd
	# shutdown -r now

For more information on how to do this, see:

   http://www.NetBSD.org/guide/en/chap-kernel.html


Thanks To
=========

Pawel Jakub Dawidek is credited with the discovery of this issue
The FreeBSD Project for initial notification via FreeBSD-SA-06:11.ipsec
Rui Paulo for importing the fixes into NetBSD

Revision History
================

	2006-04-12	Initial release


More Information
================

Advisories may be updated as new information becomes available.
The most recent version of this advisory (PGP signed) can be found at 
  ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-011.txt.asc

Information about NetBSD and NetBSD security can be found at
http://www.NetBSD.org/ and http://www.NetBSD.org/Security/.


Copyright 2006, The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Redistribution permitted only in full, unmodified form.

$NetBSD: NetBSD-SA2006-011.txt,v 1.8 2006/04/12 22:53:07 adrianp Exp $

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