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SuSE 11 Security Update : openswan (SAT Patch Number 1048)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41445

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Two vulnerabilities in the openswan ASN.1 parser (when handling RDNs, UTCTIME and GENERALIZEDTIME strings) could lead to remote crashes of the pluto daemon. (CVE-2009-2185)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1048.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515130

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2185.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41445

File Name: suse_11_openswan-090627.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openswan-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openswan

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2185

CWE: 20