openSUSE 15 Security Update : strongswan (openSUSE-SU-2021:1399-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154770

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1399-1 advisory.

- The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example, this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur. (CVE-2021-41990)

- The in-memory certificate cache in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow upon receiving many requests with different certificates to fill the cache and later trigger the replacement of cache entries. The code attempts to select a less-often-used cache entry by means of a random number generator, but this is not done correctly. Remote code execution might be a slight possibility. (CVE-2021-41991)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154770

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1399.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/1/2021

Updated: 11/1/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41991

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-mysql, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-nm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-ipsec, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:strongswan-libs0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41990, CVE-2021-41991

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