SuSE 11.3 Security Update : strongswan (SAT Patch Number 9089)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73555

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The following security issue is fixed by this update :

- strongswan has been updated to fix an authentication problem where attackers could have bypassed the IKEv2 authentication. (CVE-2014-2338). (bnc#870572)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9089.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870572

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2338.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73555

File Name: suse_11_strongswan-140403.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/16/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:strongswan-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2338