CVE-2009-2185

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.30% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory strongswan.org Vendor Advisory strongswan.org Vendor Advisory strongswan.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1639 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35740 third party advisory
http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022428 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1138.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1706 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11079 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36950 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35522 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36922 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37504 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35452 patch vdb entry
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES42.txt vendor advisory
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES2.txt vendor advisory
http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/07/up2date_7404_released.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1898 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1829 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00337.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35698 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3354 vdb entry
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00264.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35804 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2185?
CVE-2009-2185 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2185?
To fix CVE-2009-2185, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2185 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2185 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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