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HistoryJan 24, 2022 - 7:07 p.m.

strongswan vulnerability

2022-01-2419:07:24
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osv.dev
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9.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.5%

USN-5250-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Zhuowei Zhang discovered that stringSwan incorrectly handled EAP
authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly bypass client and
server authentication.