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Alpine: strongswan: security update to 5.3.5-r2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407243

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling
 mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process
 crash) via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2017-9022)

 - The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is
 enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted
 certificate. (CVE-2017-9023)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9022

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9023

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407243

Version: Revision 1.28

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 1/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9023

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9022, CVE-2017-9023

BID: 98756, 98760