CVE-2018-6459

medium

Description

The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html

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

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-02-20

Updated: 2020-03-30

Type: CWE-347

Risk Information

CVSS v2

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

Base Score: 5.3

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

Impact Score: 1.4

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM