Out-of-bounds Write Affecting strongswan package, versions <5.6.0-4.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.17% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-STRONGSWAN-2724587
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Nov 2019

Introduced: 25 Nov 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 strongswan to version 5.6.0-4.3.2 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.