usn-7841-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-10-27 15:05
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
strongswan vulnerability
Details
Xu Biang discovered that the strongSwan client incorrectly handled EAP-MSCHAPv2 failure requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
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"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2025-62291",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
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}
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},
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"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan-standard-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
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"binary_name": "strongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-charon",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
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{
"binary_name": "strongswan-libcharon",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
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"binary_name": "strongswan-nm",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-pki",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-scepclient",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-starter",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-swanctl",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
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},
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}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
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"5.9.1-1ubuntu3.1",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu1",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu2",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu3",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu4",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu1",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2.1",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2.3"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
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"id": "CVE-2025-62291",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "charon-cmd",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "charon-systemd",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extauth-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan-standard-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-charon",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-libcharon",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-nm",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-pki",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-starter",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-swanctl",
"binary_version": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"5.9.11-1ubuntu1",
"5.9.11-1ubuntu2",
"5.9.12-1ubuntu1",
"5.9.13-2ubuntu1",
"5.9.13-2ubuntu3",
"5.9.13-2ubuntu4"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2025-62291",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "charon-cmd",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "charon-systemd",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extauth-plugins",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan-standard-plugins",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-charon",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-libcharon",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-nm",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-pki",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-starter",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-swanctl",
"binary_version": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"5.9.13-2ubuntu4",
"5.9.13-2ubuntu5",
"6.0.1-6ubuntu2",
"6.0.1-6ubuntu4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Xu Biang discovered that the strongSwan client incorrectly handled\nEAP-MSCHAPv2 failure requests. If a user or automated system were tricked\ninto connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this\nissue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code.",
"id": "USN-7841-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:46Z",
"published": "2025-10-27T15:05:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7841-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62291"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "strongswan vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62291"
]
}
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