RHEL 8 : libreswan (RHSA-2019:3391)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130534

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libreswan.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3391 advisory.

- libreswan: vulnerability in the processing of IKEv1 informational packets due to missing integrity check (CVE-2019-10155)

- libreswan: null-pointer dereference by sending two IKEv2 packets (CVE-2019-12312)

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 RHEL libreswan package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3391.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130534

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3391.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12312

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreswan, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10155, CVE-2019-12312

CWE: 354, 476

RHSA: 2019:3391

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