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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-45079: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-45079: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/31/2022
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without actually authenticating the client and (in the case of EAP methods with mutual authentication and EAP-only authentication for IKEv2) even without server authentication.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-strongswan

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