| Name | CVE-2009-2185 |
| Description | The ASN.1 parser (pluto/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1.c, libstrongswan/asn1/asn1_parser.c) in (a) strongSwan 2.8 before 2.8.10, 4.2 before 4.2.16, and 4.3 before 4.3.2; and (b) openSwan 2.6 before 2.6.22 and 2.4 before 2.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) via an X.509 certificate with (1) crafted Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs), (2) a crafted UTCTIME string, or (3) a crafted GENERALIZEDTIME string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1898-1, DSA-1899-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 533837 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.9.1-1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 5.9.8-5+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.0.1-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openswan | source | etch | 1:2.4.6+dfsg.2-1.1+etch2 | DSA-1898-1 | ||
| openswan | source | lenny | 1:2.4.12+dfsg-1.3+lenny2 | DSA-1898-1 | ||
| openswan | source | (unstable) | 1:2.6.22+dfsg-1 | |||
| strongswan | source | etch | 2.8.0+dfsg-1+etch2 | DSA-1899-1 | ||
| strongswan | source | lenny | 4.2.4-5+lenny3 | DSA-1899-1 | ||
| strongswan | source | (unstable) | 4.2.14-1.2 | 533837 |