CVE-2004-0590

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.

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:070Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openswan.org/support/vuln/can-2004-0590/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16515
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-20.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:070Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openswan.org/support/vuln/can-2004-0590/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16515

Published

Dec 6, 2004

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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