Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : strongSwan vulnerabilities (USN-3771-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117805

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3771-1 advisory.

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled IKEv2 key derivation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10811)

Sze Yiu Chau discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled parsing OIDs in the gmp plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authorization. (CVE-2018-16151)

Sze Yiu Chau discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain parameters fields in the gmp plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authorization. (CVE-2018-16152)

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled the stroke plugin. A local administrator could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5388)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3771-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117805

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3771-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2018

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16152

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-simaka-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-ikev1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-ipseckey, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-coupling, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-tls, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-md5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-sim-file, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-mschapv2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-sim-pcsc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-attr-sql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-radattr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-xauth-pam, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-sshkey, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-starter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-unbound, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-aka-3gpp2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-certexpire, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-farp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-ike, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-nm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-openssl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-unity, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-sim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-tnc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-aka, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-ttls, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-systime-fix, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-pubkey, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-gcrypt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-xauth-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-af-alg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-xauth-noauth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-dynamic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-whitelist, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-pgp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-gmp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-libcharon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-error-notify, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-standard-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-mysql, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-radius, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-scepclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-led, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-fips-prf, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-simaka-reauth, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-charon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pt-tls-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-dnskey, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-dnscert, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-pkcs11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-lookip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-load-tester, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-duplicheck, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-simaka-pseudonym, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-ifmap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-dhcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-xauth-eap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-swanctl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-pdp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-peap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-eap-gtc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-ikev2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-soup, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-plugin-ntru

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10811, CVE-2018-16151, CVE-2018-16152, CVE-2018-5388

USN: 3771-1