SuSE 11 Security Update : strongswan (SAT Patch Number 966)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41455

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes two denial of service bugs that can lead to a remote pre-auth crash while processing a IKE_SA_INIT or a IKE_AUTH request.
CVE-2009-1957 / CVE-2009-1958 have been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 966.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507742

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1957.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1958.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41455

File Name: suse_11_strongswan-090608.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:novell:suse_linux:11:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:strongswan-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1957, CVE-2009-1958

CWE: 399