CVE-2015-8023 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2015-8023

The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2...

5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The server implementation of the EAP-MSCHAPv2 protocol in the eap-mschapv2 plugin in strongSwan 4.2.12 through 5.x before 5.3.4 does not properly validate local state, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty Success message in response to an initial Challenge message.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

canonical

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Affected Software

ubuntu linux, strongswan

Vulnerable Versions:

14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 4.2.12, 4.2.13, 4.2.14, 4.2.15, 4.2.16, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.3.0, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2015

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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