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RHEL 5 / 6 : openswan (RHSA-2011:1422)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 56698
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openswan.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1422 advisory.- openswan: use-after-free vulnerability leads to DoS (CVE-2011-4073)
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 RHEL openswan package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1422.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0ec3d59f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 56698
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1422.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/3/2011
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4073
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openswan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openswan-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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: 11/2/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4073
BID: 50440