Improper Certificate Validation in strongSwan - CVE-2022-40617
Published: October 3, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67813
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40617
CWE-ID: CWE-295
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 attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the revocation plugin, which uses potentially untrusted OCSP URIs and
CRL distribution points (CDP) in certificates. A remote attacker can initiate the IKE_SAs and send crafted certificates that contain URIs
pointing to servers under their control. As a result, a remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40617
Install updates from vendor's website.