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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 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).


Published

2008-10-14T20:00:01.637

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application strongswan strongswan ≤ 4.2.6 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.0.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.0.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.0.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.1.5 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.2.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.2.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.2.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.3.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.3.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.3.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.4.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.4.0a Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.4.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.4.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.4.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.5 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.6 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.5.7 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.6.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.6.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.6.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.6.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.6.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 2.7.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.5 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.6 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.0.7 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.5 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.6 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.7 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.8 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.9 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.10 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.1.11 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.0 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.1 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.2 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.3 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.4 Yes
Application strongswan strongswan 4.2.5 Yes

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