strongSwan up to 4.4.0 IKE Daemon code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in strongSwan up to 4.4.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IKE Daemon. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2628. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in strongSwan up to 4.4.0 (Network Encryption Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component IKE Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows.

The weakness was published 08/20/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.strongswan.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2628 since 07/06/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75749 (openSUSE Security Update : strongswan (openSUSE-SU-2010:0496-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165213 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:015)).

Upgrading to version 4.3.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75749), SecurityFocus (BID 42444†), Secunia (SA40956†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024338†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26826†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 75749
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : strongswan (openSUSE-SU-2010:0496-1)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: strongSwan 4.3.5
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07/06/2010 🔍
08/13/2010 +38 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +279 days 🔍
03/30/2025 +3664 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.strongswan.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2628 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2628
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54420
SecurityFocus: 42444 - strongSwan IETF Attribute or Identification Parsing Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40956 - strongSwan Certificate / Identification Payload Parsing Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024338 - strongSwan snprintf() Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 26826 - strongSwan 4.3.3 snprintf() Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2010-2085

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 03/30/2025 04:39
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (60), 03/03/2017 08:08 (19), 09/23/2021 13:36 (3), 03/30/2025 04:39 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:469:103

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