CVE-2022-40617

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202405-08

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

strongSwan anterior a 5.9.8 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una Denegación de Servicio en el complemento de revocación enviando un certificado de entidad final (y CA intermedia) manipulado que contiene una URL CRL/OCSP que apunta a un servidor (bajo el control del atacante) que no responde adecuadamente pero (por ejemplo) simplemente no hace nada después del protocolo de enlace TCP inicial o envía una cantidad excesiva de datos de la aplicación.

USN-5651-1 fixed a vulnerability in strongSwan. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Lahav Schlesinger discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain OCSP URIs and and CRL distribution points in certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to initiate IKE_SAs and send crafted certificates that contain URIs pointing to servers under their control, which can lead to a denial-of-service attack.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-12 CVE Reserved
2022-10-04 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2022/10/03/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2022-40617%29.html

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3GAYIOCSLU57C45CO4UE4IV4JZE4W3L	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Strongswan Search vendor "Strongswan"		Strongswan Search vendor "Strongswan" for product "Strongswan"				< 5.9.8 Search vendor "Strongswan" for product "Strongswan" and version " < 5.9.8"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				22.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "22.04"		lts		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"		-		Affected
Stormshield Search vendor "Stormshield"		Stormshield Network Security Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security"				>= 3.11.1 < 3.11.20 Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 3.11.1 < 3.11.20"		-		Affected
Stormshield Search vendor "Stormshield"		Stormshield Network Security Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security"				>= 4.3.1 < 4.3.15 Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 4.3.1 < 4.3.15"		-		Affected
Stormshield Search vendor "Stormshield"		Stormshield Network Security Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security"				>= 4.5.1 < 4.6.0 Search vendor "Stormshield" for product "Stormshield Network Security" and version " >= 4.5.1 < 4.6.0"		-		Affected