Openswan.DPD.DoS

description-logoDescription

This indicates an attack on a denial of service vulnerability in Openswan.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a malicious DPD packet. It allows a remote attacker to crash the pluto daemon.

affected-products-logoAffected Products

Openswan and Strongswan IPsec 2.6 before 2.6.21 and 2.4 before 2.4.14, and Strongswan 4.2 before 4.2.14 and 2.8 before 2.8.9

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service

recomended-action-logoRecommended Actions

Upgrade to a latest version, or apply the appropriate patch as listed at

Telemetry logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)