openSUSE 10 Security Update : openswan (openswan-6329)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42027

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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

Update the affected openswan package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42027

File Name: suse_openswan-6329.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openswan, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Detections

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