Data Handling in strongswan (Alpine package)
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2014-9221 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-19 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
strongswan (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Data Handling
EUVDB-ID: #VU32451
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9221
CWE-ID:
CWE-19 - Data Handling
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsstrongswan (Alpine package): 5.2.0-r2
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a5130eb5309a65d31daa7618e870bb44d839466c
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0984fc1390552b232fa7d3b4c8b03a73707c5a05
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
