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GLSA-201309-02 : strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69539

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-02 (strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in strongSwan. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could use ECDSA to authenticate as another user with an invalid signature. Additionally, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All strongSwan users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/strongswan-5.1.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69539

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201309-02.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 9/2/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:strongswan, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2054, CVE-2013-2944, CVE-2013-5018

BID: 59580, 59837, 61564

GLSA: 201309-02