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Amazon Linux AMI : openswan (ALAS-2014-303)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72951

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the way Openswan's IKE daemon processed IKEv2 payloads. A remote attacker could send specially crafted IKEv2 payloads that, when processed, would lead to a denial of service (daemon crash), possibly causing existing VPN connections to be dropped. (CVE-2013-6466)

Solution

Run 'yum update openswan' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-303.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72951

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-303.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openswan, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openswan-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openswan-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6466

ALAS: 2014-303

RHSA: 2014:0185