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RHEL 9 : libreswan (RHSA-2024:10594)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 211987
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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 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10594 advisory.Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).
Security Fix(es):
* libreswan: remote DoS via crafted TS payload with an incorrect selector length (CVE-2023-23009)
* libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 Quick Mode ID causes restart (CVE-2023-38711)
* libreswan: Invalid IKEv2 REKEY proposal causes restart (CVE-2023-38710)
* libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 repeat IKE SA delete causes crash and restart (CVE-2023-38712)
* libreswan: Missing PreSharedKey for connection can cause crash (CVE-2024-2357)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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-2024:10594.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173610
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215952
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225368
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225369
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268952
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 211987
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10594.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/2/2024
Updated: 12/2/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38712
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreswan, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
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: 12/2/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-23009, CVE-2023-38710, CVE-2023-38711, CVE-2023-38712, CVE-2024-2357
RHSA: 2024:10594