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Oracle Linux 7 : libreswan (ELSA-2016-2603)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94722

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2603 advisory.

 - Resolves: rhbz#1344567 CVE-2016-5361 libreswan: IKEv1 protocol is vulnerable to DoS amplification attack

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libreswan package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2603.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94722

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2603.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5361

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreswan, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5361

RHSA: 2016:2603