Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0590
CVE-2004-0590
Description
FreeS/WAN 1.x and 2.x, and other related products including superfreeswan 1.x, openswan 1.x before 1.0.6, openswan 2.x before 2.1.4, and strongSwan before 2.1.3, allows remote attackers to authenticate using spoofed PKCS#7 certificates in which a self-signed certificate identifies an alternate Certificate Authority (CA) and spoofed issuer and subject.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.1.2
- (no CPE)range: <2.1.3
- Range: =1.x
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openswan.org/support/vuln/can-2004-0590/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16515nvd
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