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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-9221
strongSwan IKEv2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 7, 2015, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9221 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Ietf internet_key_exchange
1 Strongswan strongswan
: Total Affected Vendor : 6 | Products : 6
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in strongSwan allows for a denial of service.
  • Update the strongSwan packages to a version that addresses this vulnerability.
  • Reboot the system if required by the update process.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9221.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62071 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62083
http://secunia.com/advisories/62095 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62663 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html Vendor Advisory
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62071 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62083
http://secunia.com/advisories/62095 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62663 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html Vendor Advisory
http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-9221 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9221 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9221 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9221 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62071
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62083
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62095
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62663
    Added Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html
    Added Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-(cve-2014-9221).html
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-(cve-2014-9221).html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62083 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71894 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62663 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62663 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html No Types Assigned http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 Vendor Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62071 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62071 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 Vendor Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/62095 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/62095 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153825.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00054.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62663
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-(cve-2014-9221).html
    Added Reference http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-9221%29.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 08, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html No Types Assigned http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-5.2.2-released.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3118 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-(cve-2014-9221).html No Types Assigned http://strongswan.org/blog/2015/01/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-(cve-2014-9221).html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2450-1 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-19
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 08, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

7.90 }} -1.53%

score

0.91226

percentile