Out-of-bounds Write Affecting strongswan package, versions <5.5.1-4+deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-STRONGSWAN-385096
  • published31 May 2018
  • disclosed31 May 2018

Introduced: 31 May 2018

CVE-2018-5388  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-124  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 strongswan to version 5.5.1-4+deb9u2 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.