Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting strongswan package, versions <5.6.2-1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published20 Feb 2018
- disclosed20 Feb 2018
Introduced: 20 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-6459 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 strongswan to version 5.6.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream strongswan package and not the strongswan package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6459
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html