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openSUSE Security Update : ipsec-tools (openSUSE-2018-159)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106814

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for ipsec-tools fixes one issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-10396: The racoon daemon contained a remotely exploitable computational-complexity attack when parsing and storing ISAKMP fragments that allowed a remote attacker to exhaust computational resources on the remote endpoint by repeatedly sending ISAKMP fragment packets in a particular order (bsc#1047443).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected ipsec-tools packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1047443

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106814

File Name: openSUSE-2018-159.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2018

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipsec-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipsec-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipsec-tools-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10396