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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : strongSwan vulnerability (USN-8117-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 303756

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8117-1 advisory.

 Kazuma Matsumoto discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled EAP-TTLS AVPs when using the eap-ttls plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to consume resources and crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8117-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303756

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8117-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2026

Updated: 3/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25075

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extauth-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-charon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-libcharon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-nm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-scepclient, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pki, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-starter, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-swanctl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25075

USN: 8117-1