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CentOS 8 : libreswan (CESA-2019:3391)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145635

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libreswan package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3391

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145635

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3391.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libreswan

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

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

RHSA: 2019:3391