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title: "CVE-2014-9221\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9221

Publication date 19 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2
Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| strongswan | 17.04 zesty | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu4 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu4 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu4 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu4 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu4 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu3.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9221)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9221)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9221)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9221)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2450-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2450-1)
+ strongSwan vulnerability
+ 5 January 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9221>