CVE-2018-17540

Publication date 1 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
strongswan 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.11

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by fix for CVE-2018-16151/2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3774-1
    • strongSwan vulnerability
    • 1 October 2018

Other references