CVE-2018-17540: The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate

High severity · published Oct 3, 2018

CVE-2018-17540

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

7.5

CVSS

3.5%

EPSS

On KEV

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:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD

Strongswan · Strongswan

before 5.7.1 · source: NVD

Ubuntu Linux · Canonical

14.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD

Affected product

Ubuntu Linux

Canonical

All Ubuntu Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17540

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17540

lists.opensuse.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

Patch

https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16