openSUSE Security Update : openconnect (openSUSE-SU-2013:1072-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75056

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This openconnect update to version 3.20 includes several security and bug fixes.

- fix bnc#767616

- fix for CVE-2012-3291

- make vpnc mandatory during build, following upstream changes

- package documentation in a -doc package

- Update to version 3.20

- Cope with non-keepalive HTTP response on authentication success.

- Fix progress callback with incorrect cbdata which caused KDE crash.

- Update to version 3.19

- Enable native TPM support when built with GnuTLS.

- Enable PKCS#11 token support when built with GnuTLS.

- Eliminate all SSL library exposure through libopenconnect.

- Parse split DNS information, provide $CISCO_SPLIT_DNS environment variable to vpnc-script.

- Attempt to provide new-style MTU information to server (on Linux only, unless specified on command line).

- Allow building against GnuTLS, including DTLS support.

- Add --with-pkgconfigdir= option to configure for FreeBSD's benefit (fd#48743).

- Update to version 3.18

- Fix autohate breakage with --disable-nls... hopefully.

- Fix buffer overflow in banner handling.

- Update to version 3.17

- Work around time() brokenness on Solaris.

- Fix interface plumbing on Solaris 10.

- Provide asprintf() function for (unpatched) Solaris 10.

- Make vpnc-script mandatory, like it is for vpnc

- Don't set Legacy IP address on tun device; let vpnc-script do it.

- Detect OpenSSL even without pkg-config.

- Stop building static library by default.

- Invoke vpnc-script with 'pre-init' reason to load tun module if necessary.

- Update to version 3.16

- Fix build failure on Debian/kFreeBSD and Hurd.

- Fix memory leak of deflated packets.

- Fix memory leak of zlib state on CSTP reconnect.

- Eliminate memcpy() calls on packets from DTLS and tunnel device.

- Use I_LINK instead of I_PLINK on Solaris to plumb interface for Legacy IP.

- Plumb interface for IPv6 on Solaris, instead of expecting vpnc-script to do it.

- Refer to vpnc-script and help web pages in openconnect output.

- Fix potential crash when processing libproxy results.

- Be more conservative in detecting libproxy without pkg-config.

Solution

Update the affected openconnect packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767616

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00186.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75056

File Name: openSUSE-2013-529.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openconnect, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openconnect-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openconnect-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openconnect-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openconnect-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3291