CVE-2012-2388 — Improper Authentication in Strongswan

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication7 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
StrongswanDebian Strongswan
Timeline
PublishedJun 27
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/strongswan< strongswan 4.5.2-1.4 (bookworm)
▶Debianstrongswan/strongswan< 4.5.2-1.4+3
▶NVDstrongswan/strongswan34 versions+33

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4cvm-fc9f-m7w8: The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-2388: The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4↗2012-06-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-2388: strongswan - The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypa...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2388 strongswan: authentication bypass due to RSA signature verification flaw [fedora-all]↗2012-06-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2388 strongswan: authentication bypass due to RSA signature verification flaw [epel-6]↗2012-06-04
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2388 strongswan: authentication bypass due to RSA signature verification flaw↗2012-06-04
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