CVE-2008-4551

N/A Unknown
Published: October 14, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31963
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://labs.mudynamics.com/advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31963
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31291
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020903
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2660
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.2%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

strongswan