openSUSE Security Update : strongswan (strongswan-1281)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41038

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The previous fix for a flaw in the ASN.1 parser was incomplete and had to be reworked. (CVE-2009-2661) This could lead to crashes of the pluto IKE daemon.

Solution

Update the affected strongswan package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41038

File Name: suse_11_0_strongswan-090906.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/22/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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:opensuse:strongswan, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2661

CWE: 310

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