HIGH
The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows
Published Aug 20, 2010
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.05%
Description
The IKE daemon in strongSwan 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1 does not properly check the return values of snprintf calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) certificate or (2) identity data that triggers buffer overflows.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.3.6
- 4.4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.05% 0.04050
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04050
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.05% (0.04050) | 90.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.05% (0.04050) | 89.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 5.73% (0.05728) | 89.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.82% (0.06822) | 90.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 66.63% (0.66630) | 98.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 6, 2025 | 68.54% (0.68541) | 98.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 78.71% (0.78714) | 98.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | 85.58% (0.85577) | 98.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 86.59% (0.86595) | 98.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 77.72% (0.77720) | 98.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 75.78% (0.75782) | 98.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 67.13% (0.67127) | 97.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 63.99% (0.63994) | 97.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 66.15% (0.66149) | 97.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 72.18% (0.72184) | 97.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 71.53% (0.71529) | 97.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2023 | 86.59% (0.86595) | 98.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 85.31% (0.85309) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (14)
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40956 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://trac.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/441 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42444 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024338 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2085 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2086 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/615915 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 20, 2010
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Jul 6, 2010
Link CVE-2010-2628
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a