SuSE 11 Security Update : strongswan (SAT Patch Number 1283)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41457

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 1283.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41457

File Name: suse_11_strongswan-090908.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:strongswan-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:strongswan

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2661

CWE: 310

Detections

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