CVE-2014-9221

Description

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.90% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory strongswan.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62095 third party advisory permissions required
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62071 third party advisory permissions required
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62663 third party advisory permissions required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62083 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9221?
CVE-2014-9221 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9221?
To fix CVE-2014-9221, 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-2014-9221 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9221 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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