openEuler update for strongswan
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2021-45079 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-371 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system strongswan-help Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component strongswan-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component strongswan-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component strongswan Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | openEuler |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
1) State Issues
EUVDB-ID: #VU59994
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45079
CWE-ID:
CWE-371 - State Issues
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of EAP-Success messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted (early) EAP-Success message to the affected system and bypass authentication or perform a denial of service attack.
Install updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 20.03 LTS SP3
strongswan-help: before 5.7.2-8
strongswan-debuginfo: before 5.7.2-8
strongswan-debugsource: before 5.7.2-8
strongswan: before 5.7.2-8
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1525
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.
