CVE-2008-4551

Published Oct 14, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT message with a large number of NULL values in a Key Exchange payload, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference for the return value of the mpz_export function in the GNU Multiprecision Library (GMP).

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4532 strongSwan 4.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an IKE_SA_INIT message with a large number of NULL values in a Key Exchange payload, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference for the return value of the mpz_export function in the GNU Multiprecision Library (GMP).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:17 AM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 14, 2008, 8:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM