RHEL 3 : ipsec-tools (RHSA-2004:308)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 13854

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated ipsec-tools package that fixes verification of X.509 certificates in racoon is now available.

IPSEC uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services.

When configured to use X.509 certificates to authenticate remote hosts, ipsec-tools versions 0.3.3 and earlier will attempt to verify that host certificate, but will not abort the key exchange if verification fails. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0607 to this issue.

Users of ipsec-tools should upgrade to this updated package which contains a backported security patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ipsec-tools package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 13854

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-308.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/30/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsec-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0607

RHSA: 2004:308

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