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SuSE 11 Security Update : openswan (SAT Patch Number 1296)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41446

Synopsis

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

Description

The previous fix for a flaw in the ASN.1 parser was incomplete and had to be reworked. (CVE-2009-2661) This could lead to crashes of the pluto IKE daemon.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1296.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525388

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2661.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41446

File Name: suse_11_openswan-090909.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: 9/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2661

CWE: 310