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CVE-2017-11185

Published: 18 August 2017

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.

Notes

AuthorNote
sdeziel
Remote code execution is not possible.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
strongswan
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (5.1.2-0ubuntu2.7)
upstream
Released (5.6.0)
xenial
Released (5.3.5-1ubuntu3.4)
zesty
Released (5.5.1-1ubuntu3.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/repository/revisions/ef5c37fcdf47273feea320091598135688df4ef7
upstream: https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2017-11185/strongswan-4.4.0-5.5.3_gmp_mpz_export.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H