medium6.5
CVE-2018-5388
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 o…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Strongswan | Strongswan | before 5.6.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172833/strongSwan-VPN-Charon-Server-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104263
- https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0acd1ab4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172833/strongSwan-VPN-Charon-Server-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104263
- https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0acd1ab4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229