CVE-2018-5388

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git;a=commitdiff;h=0acd1ab4	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104263	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/	Third Party 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:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

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 : 2018-05-31 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:41

NVD link : CVE-2018-5388

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5388

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

strongswan

strongswan

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