RCE in Strongswan

CVE-2010-2628

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.041 (89.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Strongswan — versions 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.4.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References