CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-17540

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

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

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
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-03 08:29

Updated : 2019-12-01 01:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-17540

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17540

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer