CVE-2018-17540

MEDIUM

Description

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

References

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

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

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-10-03

Updated: 2018-11-27

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH