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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900386
Category:Denial of Service
Title:strongSwan/Openswan DoS Vulnerability (Jun 2009)
Summary:strongSwan / Openswan is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
strongSwan / Openswan is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Error in 'ASN.1' parser in pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c,
and libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c is caused via an 'X.509' certificate with crafted Relative
Distinguished Names (RDNs), a crafted UTCTIME string, or a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause pluto IKE
daemon crash.

Affected Software/OS:
- Openswan: version 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15

- strongSwan: version 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2

Solution:
- Openswan: Update to version 2.6.22, 2.4.15 or later

- strongSwan: Update to version 2.8.10, 4.2.16, 4.3.2 or later

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2185
BugTraq ID: 35452
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35452
Debian Security Information: DSA-1898 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1898
Debian Security Information: DSA-1899 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00264.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00337.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11079
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1138.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022428
http://secunia.com/advisories/35522
http://secunia.com/advisories/35698
http://secunia.com/advisories/35740
http://secunia.com/advisories/35804
http://secunia.com/advisories/36922
http://secunia.com/advisories/36950
http://secunia.com/advisories/37504
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1639
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1706
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1829
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3354
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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