CVE-2004-0590 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting FreeS/WAN 1.x and 2.x, OpenSwan up to 2.1.3, and StrongSwan before 2.1.3. Remote attackers can authenticate using spoofed PKCS#7 certificates where a self-signed certificate impersonates an alternate Certificate Authority. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high CVSS and FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100 highlight its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frees_wan:frees_wan:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frees_wan:frees_wan:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frees_wan:super_frees_wan:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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