CVE-2010-2628

N/A Unknown
Published: August 20, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/40956
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/40956
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.0%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Affected Vendors

strongswan

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