CVE-2017-9022 — Improper Input Validation in Strongswan

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
StrongswanDebian StrongswanCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/strongswan< strongswan 5.5.1-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianstrongswan/strongswan< 5.5.1-4+3
▶Ubuntustrongswan/strongswan< 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.6+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-229r-rxf9-m7pj: The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-9022: The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5↗2017-06-08
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OSV
strongswan vulnerabilities↗2017-05-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
strongswan: Insufficient validation of RSA public keys passed to the gmp plugin↗2017-05-30
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Ubuntu
strongSwan vulnerabilities↗2017-05-30
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Debian
CVE-2017-9022: strongswan - The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public ...↗2017
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Recorded Future
The Race Between Security Professionals and Adversaries↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9022 CVE-2017-9023 strongswan: various flaws [epel-all]↗2017-05-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9022 strongswan: Insufficient validation of RSA public keys passed to the gmp plugin↗2017-05-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9022 CVE-2017-9023 strongswan: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-05-31
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