Data Handling in strongSwan - CVE-2015-3991
Published: September 7, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33293
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3991
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: strongswan.org
Affected software:
strongSwan
strongSwan
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3991
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164276.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164278.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76861
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222815
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2015/06/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2015-3991).html