Debian DLA-234-1 : ipsec-tools security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 83906

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Javantea discovered a NULL pointer dereference flaw in racoon, the Internet Key Exchange daemon of ipsec-tools. A remote attacker can use this flaw to cause the IKE daemon to crash via specially crafted UDP packets, resulting in a denial of service.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected ipsec-tools, and racoon packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/05/msg00019.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/ipsec-tools

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83906

File Name: debian_DLA-234.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ipsec-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:racoon, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4047

BID: 74739