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Amazon Linux AMI : openswan (ALAS-2011-6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78267

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Synopsis

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

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Openswan's pluto IKE daemon handled certain error conditions. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted IKE packet that would crash the pluto daemon.

Solution

Run 'yum update openswan' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2011-6.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78267

File Name: ala_ALAS-2011-6.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: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: 10/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3380

ALAS: 2011-6

RHSA: 2011:1356