SB2018100701 - Denial of service in strongSwan
Published: October 7, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018100701
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17540)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing certificates within gmp plugin. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted certificate, pass it to the affected application and trigger application crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.