CVE-2009-2185
The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2181)
- Published
- June 25, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2181 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
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- strongswan / strongswan
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- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- xelerance / openswan
- xelerance / openswan
- xelerance / openswan
- xelerance / openswan
- xelerance / openswan
- xelerance / openswan
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- xelerance / openswan
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- xelerance / openswan
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References
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES2.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES42.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35522(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35698
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37504
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2009/07/up2date_7404_released.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1898
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899
- http://www.ingate.com/Relnote.php?ver=481
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1138.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35452(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022428
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1639(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1706
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1829
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3354
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11079
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00264.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00337.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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