CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17540
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- 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])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
Affected configurations
• strongswan strongswan (< 5.7.1)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html lists.opensuse.org
- https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html www.strongswan.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html lists.opensuse.org
- https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html www.strongswan.org