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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-45079

In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without actually authenticating the client and (in the case of EAP methods with mutual authentication and EAP-only authentication for IKEv2) even without server…

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 2.78%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without actually authenticating the client and (in the case of EAP methods with mutual authentication and EAP-only authentication for IKEv2) even without server authentication.

CVSS 3.1
9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.78% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
strongswan/strongswan · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.