| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 81 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| strongSwan -- Heap-based buffer overflow in eap-mschapv2 plugin due to improper handling of failure request packets | 27 Oct 202500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2025-62291 | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2025-62291 | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| Astra Linux – Vulnerability in StrongSwan | 19 Jun 202611:10 | – | astralinux | |
| The vulnerability of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 VPN-client plugin from StrongSwan allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code and trigger a service denial. | 2 Mar 202600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2025-62291 affecting package strongswan for versions less than 5.9.14-8 | 22 Jan 202618:04 | – | cbl_mariner | |
| CVE-2025-62291 affecting package strongswan for versions less than 5.9.10-4 | 21 Jan 202616:02 | – | cbl_mariner | |
| CVE-2025-62291 | 27 Oct 202522:15 | – | circl | |
| strongSwan numerical error vulnerability | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2025-62291 | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | cve |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7841-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_id(271838);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-62291");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7841-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : strongSwan vulnerability (USN-7841-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the USN-7841-1 advisory.
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7841-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extauth-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-charon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-libcharon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-nm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pki");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-scepclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-starter");
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script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
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include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.04 / 25.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-cmd', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extauth-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-charon', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-libcharon', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-nm', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-pki', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-scepclient', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-starter', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-swanctl', 'pkgver': '5.9.5-2ubuntu2.4'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-cmd', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extauth-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-charon', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-libcharon', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-nm', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-pki', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-starter', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-swanctl', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.24.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-cmd', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extauth-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
{'osver': '25.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '5.9.13-2ubuntu4.25.04.1'},
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{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extauth-plugins', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
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{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-charon', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-libcharon', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-nm', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-pki', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-starter', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'},
{'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-swanctl', 'pkgver': '6.0.1-6ubuntu4.1'}
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var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'charon-cmd / charon-systemd / libcharon-extauth-plugins / etc');
}
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