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CVE-2022-40617

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2022-10-31 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL that points to a server (under the attacker's control) that doesn't properly respond but (for example) just does nothing after the initial TCP handshake, or sends an excessive amount of application data.

Affected Platforms

Stormshield Stormshield Network SecurityCanonical Ubuntu LinuxStrongswan StrongswanFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-400, CWE-400

References