Critical severity · published Sep 7, 2017
CVE-2015-3991
strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code
9.8
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
strongSwan 5.2.2 and 5.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ST
Strongswan · Strongswan
5.2.2; 5.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3991
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3991
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164276.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164278.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76861
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222815
www.strongswan.org
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2015/06/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2015-3991%29.html
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