CVE-2021-41991
CVE-2021-41991
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The in-memory certificate cache in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow upon receiving many requests with different certificates to fill the cache and later trigger the replacement of cache entries. The code attempts to select a less-often-used cache entry by means of a random number generator, but this is not done correctly. Remote code execution might be a slight possibility.
CVSS 7.5 · High · EPSS 5.3% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
strongswan Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.9.4-1
Update to 5.9.4-1
strongswan Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.9.4-1
Update to 5.9.4-1
strongswan Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.9.4-1
Update to 5.9.4-1
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.6.4-9
- 5.1.0-2
- 5.1.0-3
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu1
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu2
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu3
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu4
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu5
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu7
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu14
- 5.1.1-0ubuntu17
- 5.1.2~dr3+git20130120-0ubuntu2
- 5.1.2~dr3+git20130120-0ubuntu3
- 5.1.2~rc1-0ubuntu3
- 5.1.2~rc1-0ubuntu4
- 5.1.2~rc2-0ubuntu2
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu1
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.2
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.3
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.4
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.5
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.7
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.8
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.10
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm1
Update to 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11+esm1
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu6
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu7
- 5.1.2-0ubuntu8
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu1
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu2
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.1
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.2
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.3
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.4
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.5
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.7
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm1
Update to 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8+esm1
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.4.1
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.4.2
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.8.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.8.2
Update to 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.8.2
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.1
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.2
- 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.fips.3.3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
strongswan Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.5.1-4ubuntu2
- 5.5.1-4ubuntu3
- 5.6.1-2ubuntu1
- 5.6.1-2ubuntu2
- 5.6.1-2ubuntu3
- 5.6.1-2ubuntu4
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.2
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.3
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.4
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.5
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.6
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.7
Update to 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.7
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.fips.2.5.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.fips.2.7.1
Update to 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.fips.2.7.1
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.fips.2.4.2
- 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.fips.2.5.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
strongswan Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.7.2-1ubuntu3
- 5.8.1-1ubuntu1
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu1
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu2
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu3
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.1
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.3
Update to 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.3
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.fips.3.1.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.fips.3.3.1
Update to 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.fips.3.3.1
strongswan Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.8.2-1ubuntu3.fips.3.1.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
strongswan Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 5.9.1-1ubuntu3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.9.1-1ubuntu3.1
Update to 5.9.1-1ubuntu3.1
Original sources
- https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/5.9.4
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2021/10/18/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2021-41991%29.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4989
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00014.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FJSATD2R2XHTG4P63GCMQ2N7EWKMME5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQSQ3BEC22NF4NCDZVCT4P3Q2ZIAJXGJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y3TQ32JLJOBJDB2EJKSX2PBPB5NFG2D4/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-539476.pdf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41991