CVE-2009-2661 | BDVDB-2026-37698 Detail
Description#
The asn1_length function in strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.11, 4.2 before 4.2.17, and 4.3 before 4.3.3 does not properly handle X.509 certificates with crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via malformed ASN.1 data. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-2185.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/27/1
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/07_asn1_length_patch/strongswan-4.x.x_asn1_length.patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36922
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2247
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/08/up2date_7505_released.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/07_asn1_length_patch/strongswan-4.3.x_asn1_length.patch
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/announce/2009-July/000056.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.