vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2021-45079
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jan 31, 2022 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 31, 2022
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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