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Debian: CVE-2021-45079: strongswan -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-45079: strongswan -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/26/2022
Created
01/27/2022
Added
01/26/2022
Modified
02/09/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-strongswan

References

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