GLSA-201411-07 : Openswan: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79415

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201411-07 (Openswan: Denial of Service)

A NULL pointer dereference has been found in Openswan.
Impact :

A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Openswan. We recommend that users unmerge Openswan:
# emerge --unmerge 'net-misc/openswan' NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Openswan have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update Openswan at a later date. Alternatives packages such as Libreswan and strongSwan are currently available in Gentoo Portage.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79415

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201411-07.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 11/24/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openswan, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6466

BID: 65629

GLSA: 201411-07

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