CVE-2022-40617
strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL that points to a server (under the attacker's control)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL that points to a server (under the attacker's control) that doesn't properly respond but (for example) just does nothing after the initial TCP handshake, or sends an excessive amount of application data.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- strongswan/strongswan · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · stormshield/stormshield network security
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2022-40617%29.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2022-40617%29.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.