CVE-2009-0790
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-0790 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-04-01 10:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The pluto IKE daemon in Openswan and Strongswan IPsec 2.6 before 2.6.21 and 2.4 before 2.4.14, and Strongswan 4.2 before 4.2.14 and 2.8 before 2.8.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash and restart) via a crafted (1) R_U_THERE or (2) R_U_THERE_ACK Dead Peer Detection (DPD) IPsec IKE Notification message that triggers a NULL pointer dereference related to inconsistent ISAKMP state and the lack of a phase2 state association in DPD. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.0a | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 2.8.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Strongswan | Strongswan | 4.2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xelerance | Openswan | 2.6.20 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1759-1 strongswan | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Patch |
| Openswan and strongSwan DPD Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| access.redhat.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Debian update for strongswan - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Openswan ISAKMP R_U_THERE/R_U_THERE_ACK Null Pointer Dereference Lets Remote Users Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Openswan Dead Peer Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Security Advisory SA34472 - Debian update for openswan - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1760-1 openswan | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Patch |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| strongSwan ISAKMP R_U_THERE/R_U_THERE_ACK Null Pointer Dereference Lets Remote Users Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | download.strongswan.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Page not found · GitHub Pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openswan.org | Vendor Advisory |
| strongSwan Dead Peer Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.