Improper Input Validation Affecting strongswan package, versions <4.2.14-1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.17% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-STRONGSWAN-1560401
  • published25 Jun 2009
  • disclosed25 Jun 2009

Introduced: 25 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-2185  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 strongswan to version 4.2.14-1.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream strongswan package and not the strongswan package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.

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