CVE-2018-17540

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CVE

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

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.03944

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

strongswan< 5.7.1
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD03 Oct 2018 · 08:29 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11411-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2022:14887-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:0403-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:0743-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:3266-1
Show all 9 vendor advisoriessuse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2594-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2598-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:3056-1
usnUSN-3774-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/PatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16Third Party Advisory

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309Third Party Advisory

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html

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