strongSWAN up to 2.8.2 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in strongSWAN up to 2.8.2. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-1958. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in strongSWAN up to 2.8.2 (Network Encryption Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

charon/sa/tasks/child_create.c in the charon daemon in strongSWAN before 4.3.1 switches the NULL checks for TSi and TSr payloads, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an IKE_AUTH request without a (1) TSi or (2) TSr traffic selector.

The weakness was shared 06/07/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at download.strongswan.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1958 since 06/06/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44764 (Debian DSA-1899-1 : strongswan - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165632 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:012)).

Upgrading to version 2.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50917), Tenable (44764), SecurityFocus (BID 35178†), Secunia (SA35296†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23005†). The entries VDB-44476, VDB-48458 and VDB-47451 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 44764
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1899-1 : strongswan - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 65006
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1899-1 (strongswan)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: strongSWAN 2.8.3

Timelineinfo

06/02/2009 🔍
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06/06/2009 +4 days 🔍
06/07/2009 +1 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2056 days 🔍
05/24/2025 +3721 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: download.strongswan.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1958 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1958
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48459

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X-Force: 50917
SecurityFocus: 35178 - strongSwan IKE Request Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35296 - strongSwan Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 23005 - strongSWAN \x3C 4.3.1 Charon Daemon NULL checks for TSi and TSr Payload Remote DoS, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 05/24/2025 23:02
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (60), 02/12/2017 13:00 (13), 08/11/2021 14:27 (3), 05/24/2025 23:02 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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