CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9023
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
Description
The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted certificate.
Affected configurations
• strongswan strongswan (<= 5.5.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98756 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-9023%29.html www.strongswan.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98756 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-9023%29.html www.strongswan.org