CVE-2014-2891

Description

strongSwan before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID payload.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.91% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59864	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2922	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67212	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00064.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00066.html	vendor advisory
http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2014/05/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-2891%29.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2891?: CVE-2014-2891 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2891?: To fix CVE-2014-2891, 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-2014-2891 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-2891 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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