Input validation error in Openswan - CVE-2014-2037
Published: November 26, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33297
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2037
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads.
Affected software
Openswan
openswan (Alpine package)
openswan (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2037
Update to version 2.6.41.
Openswan - update to 2.6.41
openswan (Alpine package) - update to 2.6.41-r0
openswan (Alpine package) - update to 2.6.41-r0