CVE-2018-6459

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6459
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-20 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.6.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.6.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2018-6459) CONFIRM www.strongswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
strongSwan: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
strongSwan - strongSwan Vulnerability (CVE-2018-6459) www.strongswan.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0403-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710305 Gentoo Linux strongSwan Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-16)
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