CVE-2015-4171 describes a vulnerability in strongSwan versions 4.3.0 through 5.x before 5.3.2 and strongSwan VPN Client before 1.4.6. This flaw allows remote servers to obtain user credentials during IKEv2 connections authenticated via EAP or pre-shared keys, due to a failure to enforce server authentication restrictions until the entire process is complete. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating network access, high attack complexity, no authentication required, and a potential for partial confidentiality impact. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan_vpn_client:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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