CVE-2010-2628
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2632)
- Published
- August 20, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2632 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
References
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch(Patch)
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch(Patch)
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch(Patch)
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch(Patch)
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40956(Vendor Advisory)
- http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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