CVE-2010-2628
The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.05% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- strongswan/strongswan
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40956Vendor Advisory
- http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patchPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40956Vendor Advisory
- http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.