CVE-2021-45079 (GCVE-0-2021-45079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-31 07:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
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| https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/01/24/strong… | x_refsource_MISC |
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