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FreeBSD: VID-CCAEA96B-7DCD-11EC-93DF-00224D821998 (CVE-2021-45079): strongswan - Incorrect Handling of Early EAP-Success Messages

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FreeBSD: VID-CCAEA96B-7DCD-11EC-93DF-00224D821998 (CVE-2021-45079): strongswan - Incorrect Handling of Early EAP-Success Messages

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/16/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-strongswan

References

  • CVE-2021-45079
  • USN-5250-1
  • USN-5250-2

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