Oracle Linux 8 : libreswan (ELSA-2024-4376)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201991

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4376 advisory.

[4.12-2.0.1.4]
- Add libreswan-oracle.patch to detect Oracle Linux distro

[4.12-2.4]
- Fix CVE-2024-3652 (RHEL-32482)

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

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-4376.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201991

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-4376.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2024

Updated: 7/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:oracle:linux:libreswan, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3652

IAVA: 2024-A-0255