CVE-2018-17540

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).html	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

Information

Published : 2018-10-03 13:29

Updated : 2019-11-30 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-17540

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17540

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

strongswan

strongswan

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