FKIE_CVE-2014-9221

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-07 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:17
Severity
Summary
strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62071Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62083
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62095Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62663Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62071Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62095Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62663Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
strongswan strongswan 4.5.0
strongswan strongswan 4.5.1
strongswan strongswan 4.5.2
strongswan strongswan 4.5.3
strongswan strongswan 4.6.0
strongswan strongswan 4.6.1
strongswan strongswan 4.6.2
strongswan strongswan 4.6.3
strongswan strongswan 4.6.4
strongswan strongswan 5.0.0
strongswan strongswan 5.0.1
strongswan strongswan 5.0.2
strongswan strongswan 5.0.3
strongswan strongswan 5.0.4
strongswan strongswan 5.1.0
strongswan strongswan 5.1.1
strongswan strongswan 5.1.2
strongswan strongswan 5.1.3
strongswan strongswan 5.2.0
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
fedoraproject fedora 21
debian debian_linux 7.0
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