CVE-2018-17540

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-17540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-03 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:54:00 UTC
DescriptionThe gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan All All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2598-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2594-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3774-1: strongSwan vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4309-1 strongswan DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1528-1] strongswan security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2018-17540) www.strongswan.org
Index of /security/CVE-2018-17540 CONFIRM download.strongswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0403-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2018-17540) CONFIRM www.strongswan.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500668 Alpine Linux Security Update for strongswan
  • 504438 Alpine Linux Security Update for strongswan
  • 710305 Gentoo Linux strongSwan Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-16)
  • 753457 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for strongswan (SUSE-SU-2022:14887-1)
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