SUSE-SA:2005:070: ipsec-tools,freeswan,openswan

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20369

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:070 (ipsec-tools,freeswan,openswan).

Openswan, Freeswan and raccoon (ipsec-tools) have been updated to fix crashes in aggressive mode. An attacker might send specially crafted packets that can crash racoon or Pluto.

The ipsec-tools / racoon crashes are tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-3732.

The openswan / freeswan crashes are tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-3671.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and SUSE Linux 9.0 contain freeswan 1.x and seem no to be affected by this problem.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_70_ipsec.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20369

File Name: suse_SA_2005_070.nasl

Version: 1.9

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Detections

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