CVE-2014-9221 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in strongSwan versions 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. A remote attacker can trigger an invalid pointer dereference by sending a specially crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange message using Diffie-Hellman group 1025. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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