CVE-2009-2185
openswan - denial of service
EPSS 8.2%
Description
The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.
How to fix CVE-2009-2185
To remediate CVE-2009-2185, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openswan—upgrade to 1:2.4.6+dfsg.2-1.1+etch2 or later
- —upgrade to 4.2.14-1.2 or later
Is CVE-2009-2185 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:2.4.6+dfsg.2-1.1+etch2
- from 0, < 4.2.14-1.2