Debian bullseye
Source: Debian Security Tracker
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-1urgency: not yet assignedsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y strongswan
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CVE-2018-10811 · cross-distro fix matrix
CVE-2018-10811: strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable.
Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.
Fix per ecosystem
Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-10811 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.
Debian bookworm
Source: Debian Security Tracker
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-1urgency: not yet assignedsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y strongswan
Debian trixie
Source: Debian Security Tracker
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-1urgency: not yet assignedsudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y strongswan
Alpine v3.20
Source: Alpine secdb
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade strongswan
Alpine v3.21
Source: Alpine secdb
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade strongswan
Alpine edge
Source: Alpine secdb
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade strongswan
Alpine v3.18
Source: Alpine secdb
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade strongswan
Alpine v3.19
Source: Alpine secdb
strongswan→ fixed in5.6.3-r0apk update && apk add --upgrade strongswan
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