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CVE-2010-2628

The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snpr

The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.05728
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
strongswanall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · 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:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD20 Aug 2010 · 06:00 PM
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References & Sources

14
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patchPatch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patchPatch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patchPatch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patchPatch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patchPatch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
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