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CVE-2009-2185

Published: Jun 24, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 16.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
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

n/an/a
CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
strongswanstrongswan
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
openswanxelerance
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos
strongswanoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka strongman, strongswan vpn client
xelerancecommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka openswan

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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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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Timeline

Published
Jun 24, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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