CVE-2010-2628

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

strongSwan: 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5 (+2)

References

http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch
http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40956
http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086

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