openSUSE Security Update : novell-ipsec-tools (novell-ipsec-tools-1007)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40081

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of ipsec-tools fixes a crash of racoon in ISAKMP's de-fragmentation code due to a NULL pointer dereference.
(CVE-2009-1574) Additionally multiple memory leaks were fixed that allowed to execute a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2009-1632)

Solution

Update the affected novell-ipsec-tools packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498859

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504186

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506710

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40081

File Name: suse_11_0_novell-ipsec-tools-090616.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:novell-ipsec-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:novell-ipsec-tools-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1574, CVE-2009-1632

CWE: 399