CVE-2015-4171

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-10 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-08 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionstrongSwan 4.3.0 through 5.x before 5.3.2 and strongSwan VPN Client before 1.4.6, when using EAP or pre-shared keys for authenticating an IKEv2 connection, does not enforce server authentication restrictions until the entire authentication process is complete, which allows remote servers to obtain credentials by using a valid certificate and then reading the responses.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
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 4.3.7 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.3.1 All All All
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 4.3.7 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.2.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.3.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan Vpn Client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: StrongSwan VPN client for Android leaks username to rouge server MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - StrongSwan VPN client for Android leaks username to rouge server MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE-2015-4171 CONFIRM www.suse.com
oss-security - Re: StrongSwan VPN client for Android leaks username to rouge server MLIST www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1082-1: moderate: Security update for strongswan SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3282-1 strongswan DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
USN-2628-1: strongSwan vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2015-4171) CONFIRM www.strongswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
strongSwan IKEv2 Authentication Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
strongSwan VPN Client DNS Spoofing Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Bug 933591 – VUL-0: CVE-2015-4171: strongswan: rogue servers vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com
strongSwan VPN Client – Android Apps on Google Play CONFIRM play.google.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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