CVE-2015-8023

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8023
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-18 16:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty Success message in response to an initial Challenge message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 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 4.2.16 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 5.3.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.3.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8023) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.strongswan.org
USN-2811-1: strongSwan vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:2183-2: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
strongSwan CVE-2015-8023 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:2103-1: moderate: Security update for strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3398-1 strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8023) MITRE www.strongswan.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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