strongSwan up to 5.9.4 Mutual Authentication improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in strongSwan up to 5.9.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Mutual Authentication Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-45079. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in strongSwan up to 5.9.4 (Network Encryption Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Mutual Authentication Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/31/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at strongswan.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-45079 since 12/16/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: strongSwan 5.9.5

Timelineinfo

12/16/2021 🔍
01/31/2022 +46 days 🔍
01/31/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/02/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: strongswan.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-45079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-45079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-192011

Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2022 13:10
Updated: 02/02/2022 17:29
Changes: 01/31/2022 13:10 (39), 02/02/2022 17:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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