Integer overflow in strongSwan - CVE-2021-41990

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when processing a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2021-41990

Sources

• https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases/tag/5.9.4
• https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2021/10/18/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2021-41990).html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4989