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CVE-2009-2185
The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (24)
- ADV-2009-1639 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1022428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11079 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35522 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37504 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1899 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 35452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES42.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/07/up2date_7404_released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1898 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35698 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35804 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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