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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : strongSwan vulnerability (USN-6488-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186013

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6488-1 advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6488-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186013

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6488-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2023

Updated: 12/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-starter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-base, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-libcharon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-standard-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-pdp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-charon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-scepclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-swanctl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extauth-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-nm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-ifmap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41913

USN: 6488-1