CVE-2015-3991
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.3.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.3.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.3.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.3.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.3.0-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan | strongswan | 5.2.2 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 5.3.0 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164276.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164278.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76861
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222815
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2015/06/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2015-3991%29.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3991
CWEs
CWE-19
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.