CVE-2008-4551 json
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 nu…
published 2008-10-14 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4532
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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).
Patch / fix
- strongswan Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.2.4-5
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4551
Exploit prediction
2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
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secunia.com
/advisories/31963
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/2660
vdb-entry
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1020903
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/31291
vdb-entry
- labs.mudynamics.com /advisories/MU-200809-01.txt
- download.strongswan.org /CHANGES4.txt
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-4551
- NVD CVE-2008-4551
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