openSUSE Security Update : ipsec-tools (ipsec-tools-996)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39993

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of ipsec-tools fixes a crash of racoon in ISAKMP's de-fragmentation code due to a NULL pointer dereference.
(CVE-2009-1574) Additionally multiple memory leaks were fixed that allowed to execute a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2009-1632)

Solution

Update the affected ipsec-tools package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498859

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504186

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506710

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39993

File Name: suse_11_0_ipsec-tools-090613.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ipsec-tools, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1574, CVE-2009-1632

CWE: 399