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Fedora 21 : strongswan-5.2.2-2.fc21 (2015-3043)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82307

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fixes strongswan swanctl service issue rhbz#1193106 Fixes CVE-2014-9221 denial-of-service vulnerability.

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Solution

Update the affected strongswan package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173064

http://www.nessus.org/u?535ffccc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82307

File Name: fedora_2015-3043.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:strongswan

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9221

BID: 71894

FEDORA: 2015-3043