CVE-2008-4551 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting strongSwan versions 4.2.6 and earlier. Remote attackers can crash the strongSwan daemon by sending a specially crafted IKE_SA_INIT message containing numerous NULL values in the Key Exchange payload, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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