CVE-2010-2628

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2628
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-20 18:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.5 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.6 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - strongSwan snprintf() Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
strongSwan IETF Attribute or Identification Parsing Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
strongSwan - 441 - strongSwan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.strongswan.org
download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.strongswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
strongSwan Certificate / Identification Payload Parsing Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2010:0496-1 (important): strongswan: fixing snprintf overflo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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