CVE-2009-2185

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    CVE-2009-2185

    Published: 25 Jun 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The 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.

    References: http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES2.txt, http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt, http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES42.txt, http://secunia.com/advisories/35522, http://secunia.com/advisories/35698, http://secunia.com/advisories/35740, http://secunia.com/advisories/35804, http://secunia.com/advisories/36922, http://secunia.com/advisories/36950, http://secunia.com/advisories/37504, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1898, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1639, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1706, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1829, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3354, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35452, http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/07/up2date_7404_released.html, http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1138.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022428, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11079, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00264.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00337.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High