CVE-2009-2185

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2185
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-25 02:00:00 UTC
Updated2019-07-29 14:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.10 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 2.8.9 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.1 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 4.2.14 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.15 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 Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 2.8.10 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 2.8.9 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.1 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 4.2.14 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.15 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 Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.1 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
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

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