Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.
A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan.
A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that users unmerge Openswan:
# emerge --unmerge "net-misc/openswan"
NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Openswan have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update Openswan at a later date. Alternatives packages such as Libreswan and strongSwan are currently available in Gentoo Portage.