CVE-2022-40617
strongSwan CRL/OCSP Denial of Service
Description
strongSwan before 5.9.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the revocation plugin by sending a crafted end-entity (and intermediate CA) certificate that contains a CRL/OCSP URL that points to a server (under the attacker's control) that doesn't properly respond but (for example) just does nothing after the initial TCP handshake, or sends an excessive amount of application data.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 31, 2022, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:52 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2022-40617
vulnerability.
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products
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are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2022-40617.
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).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2022-40617 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2022-40617 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.
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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 https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2022-40617%29.html [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2022-40617).html Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/ -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jul. 19, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.11.1 up to (excluding) 3.11.20 *cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.3.1 up to (excluding) 4.3.15 *cpe:2.3:a:stormshield:stormshield_network_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.1 up to (excluding) 4.6.0 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 27, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2022-40617).html No Types Assigned https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2022-40617).html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.9.8 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-40617 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-2022-40617
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} 0.01%
score
0.54821
percentile