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).
Published: 2008-10-14
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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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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Strongswan Strongswan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.920Z

Reserved: 2008-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4551

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-14T20:00:01.637

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4551

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