Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-2037 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Openswan Server applications / Remote access servers, VPN |
Vendor | openswan.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33297
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2037
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads.
MitigationUpdate to version 2.6.41.
Vulnerable software versionsOpenswan: 2.6.40
External linkshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65629
http://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.