# CVE-2009-1958: charon/sa/tasks/child\_create.c in the charon daemon in strongSWAN before 4.3.1 switches the NULL checks for TSi and TSr payloads, which allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-06-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

charon/sa/tasks/child_create.c in the charon daemon in strongSWAN before 4.3.1 switches the NULL checks for TSi and TSr payloads, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an IKE_AUTH request without a (1) TSi or (2) TSr traffic selector.

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## References

- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/04_swapped_ts_check_patch/strongswan-4.x.x._swapped_ts_check.readme
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35296
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36922
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/04_swapped_ts_check_patch/strongswan-4.x.x._swapped_ts_check.patch
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2009-May/003457.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://download.strongswan.org/CHANGES4.txt

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