CVE-2018-17540 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Strongswan

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
StrongswanDebian StrongswanCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/strongswan< strongswan 5.7.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianstrongswan/strongswan< 5.7.1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04

Patches

Patch: download.strongswan.org ↗Patch: download.strongswan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7wxf-w2jw-5jhr: The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-17540: The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5↗2018-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
strongswan: heap buffer overflow using crafted certificates↗2018-10-02
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Ubuntu
strongSwan vulnerability↗2018-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2018-17540: strongswan - The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted ce...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17540 strongswan: heap buffer overflow using crafted certificates [epel-all]↗2018-10-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17540 strongswan: heap buffer overflow using crafted certificates↗2018-10-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17540 strongswan: heap buffer overflow using crafted certificates [fedora-all]↗2018-10-03
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