SuSE9 Security Update : freeswan (YOU Patch Number 12503)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41621

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

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 YOU patch number 12503.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41621

File Name: suse9_12503.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:suse:suse_linux

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