Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : strongswan vulnerability (USN-3774-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117868

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled signature validation in the gmp plugin. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected libstrongswan and / or strongswan packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117868

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3774-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2018

Updated: 1/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17540

USN: 3774-1