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CVE-2008-4551

strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT mess

strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT message with a large number of NULL values in a Key Exchange payload, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference for the return value of the mpz_export function in the GNU Multiprecision Library (GMP).

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01238
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Affected Products & Versions

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strongswan<= 4.2.6
strongswanall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD14 Oct 2008 · 08:00 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31963Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660
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