Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : openswan (ELSA-2011-1422)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68381

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1422 advisory.

[2.6.32-4.4] Resolves: #748969 CVE-2011-4073 updated patch by upstream

[2.6.32-4.3] Resolves: #748969 CVE-2011-4073

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 openswan and / or openswan-doc packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1422.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68381

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1422.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4073

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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:openswan-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openswan, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 11/3/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4073

BID: 50440

RHSA: 2011:1422