CVE-2017-11185

HIGH

strongSwan < 5.5.3 - Denial of Service via RSA Signature in GMP Plugin

Title source: llm

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100492

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3962

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/08/14/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-11185%29.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0283

EPSS Percentile 84.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

strongswan/strongswan < 5.5.3

Published Aug 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026