CVE-2009-2185

Published: Jun 24, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

strongswan

oss-projectaka strongman, strongswan vpn client

strongswanOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

xelerance

commercialaka openswan

openswanOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1639

vupen.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/35740

secunia.com

http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481

ingate.com

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