medium5.0
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 message with a large number of NULL values …
Impact
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).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Strongswan | Strongswan | through 4.2.6 Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
- http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31963
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
- http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31963
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660