CVE-2012-2388

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2388
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-27 21:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.10 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.11 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.12 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.13 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.14 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.15 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.16 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.5 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.6 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.7 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.8 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.2.9 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.5 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.6 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/82587 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA55051 - Collax Business Server strongSwan RSA Signature Handling Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
strongSwan gmp Plugin Signature Verification Flaw Lets Remote Users Authenticate As Arbitrary Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA49370 - strongSwan GMP Plugin RSA Signature Handling Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49336 - SUSE update for strongswan - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
strongSwan GMP Plugin Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2483-1 strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0691-1: important: update for stron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
strongSwan - strongSwan 4.6.4 Released (CVE-2012-2388) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.strongswan.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49315 - Debian update for strongswan - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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