CVE-2009-2661 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in strongSwan versions 2.8 before 2.8.11, 4.2 before 4.2.17, and 4.3 before 4.3.3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the pluto IKE daemon by sending a specially crafted X.509 certificate containing malformed ASN.1 data in its Relative Distinguished Name. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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