RHEL 8 : libreswan (RHSA-2023:7052)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185676

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libreswan.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7052 advisory.

- libreswan: Invalid IKEv2 REKEY proposal causes restart (CVE-2023-38710)

- libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 Quick Mode ID causes restart (CVE-2023-38711)

- libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 repeat IKE SA delete causes crash and restart (CVE-2023-38712)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libreswan package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7052.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185676

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7052.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libreswan

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38710, CVE-2023-38711, CVE-2023-38712

CWE: 476, 617

RHSA: 2023:7052

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