VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-17540
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.51% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- strongswan/strongswan · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309Third Party Advisory
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.