CVE-2017-9022

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-05-30
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1457121: CVE-2017-9022 strongswan: Insufficient validation of RSA public keys passed to the gmp plugin

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9022 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of strongimcv as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, as they did not include support for the gmp plugin.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 strongimcv Not affected

External References

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