Denial of Service Vulnerability in strongSwan gmp Plugin
CVE-2017-11185

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Strongswan

Status
Strongswan
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 August 2017

What is CVE-2017-11185?

The gmp plugin in strongSwan prior to version 5.6.0 is susceptible to a denial of service condition. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted RSA signatures, which may result in a NULL pointer dereference and a crash of the daemon.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100492
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3962
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/08/14/strongswan-vul...
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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