ALPINE-CVE-2021-41991

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-41991
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-41991.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-41991
Upstream
Published
2021-10-18T14:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:22:19.409321Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The in-memory certificate cache in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow upon receiving many requests with different certificates to fill the cache and later trigger the replacement of cache entries. The code attempts to select a less-often-used cache entry by means of a random number generator, but this is not done correctly. Remote code execution might be a slight possibility.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.12

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8.4-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2

Alpine:v3.13

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r1

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0

Alpine:v3.14

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r2

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1

Alpine:v3.15

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.16

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.17

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.18

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.19

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.20

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.21

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2

Alpine:v3.22

strongswan

Package

Name
strongswan
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/strongswan?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9.1-r3

Affected versions

4.*

4.5.2-r0
4.6.1-r0

5.*

5.1.1-r0
5.1.1-r1
5.1.1-r2
5.1.1-r3
5.1.3-r0
5.2.0-r0
5.2.0-r1
5.2.0-r2
5.2.2-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.3.0-r2
5.3.1-r0
5.3.1-r1
5.3.1-r2
5.3.2-r0
5.3.2-r1
5.3.2-r2
5.3.2-r3
5.3.2-r4
5.3.2-r5
5.3.2-r6
5.3.2-r7
5.3.2-r8
5.3.2-r9
5.3.2-r10
5.3.3-r0
5.3.4-r0
5.3.5-r0
5.3.5-r1
5.3.5-r2
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.5.3-r0
5.5.3-r1
5.6.0-r0
5.6.0-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.2-r0
5.6.2-r1
5.6.3-r0
5.6.3-r1
5.6.3-r2
5.7.0-r0
5.7.1-r0
5.7.1-r1
5.7.1-r2
5.7.2-r0
5.7.2-r1
5.8.0-r0
5.8.0-r1
5.8.1-r0
5.8.1-r1
5.8.2-r0
5.8.3-r0
5.8.4-r0
5.8.4-r1
5.8.4-r2
5.9.0-r0
5.9.0-r1
5.9.1-r0
5.9.1-r1
5.9.1-r2