CVE-2018-6459

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-02-19
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1547510: CVE-2018-6459 strongswan: Insufficient Input Validation in RSASSA-PSS Signature Parser

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The 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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-6459 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
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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