CVE-2004-0590

N/A Unknown
Published: December 06, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

FreeS/WAN 1.x and 2.x, and other related products including superfreeswan 1.x, openswan 1.x before 1.0.6, openswan 2.x before 2.1.4, and strongSwan before 2.1.3, allows remote attackers to authenticate using spoofed PKCS#7 certificates in which a self-signed certificate identifies an alternate Certificate Authority (CA) and spoofed issuer and subject.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:070
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openswan.org/support/vuln/can-2004-0590/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16515
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openswan.org/support/vuln/can-2004-0590/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16515
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

openswan frees_wan strongswan