CVE-2008-4551
strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT message with a large number of NULL values in a Key Exchange payload, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference for the return value of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT message with a large number of NULL values in a Key Exchange payload, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference for the return value of the mpz_export function in the GNU Multiprecision Library (GMP).
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.52% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- strongswan/strongswan
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
- http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31963Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
- http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31963Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.