CVE-2009-2185

no score yetEPSS 2.4%

The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string.

EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2009-06-25
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

strongswan:strongswan
xelerance:openswan

References

http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES2.txt
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES42.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/35522
http://secunia.com/advisories/35698

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