CVE-2018-6459

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6459
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-20T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-03-30T01:15:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-347 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/347.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6459
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6459
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:45:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 02:34:44 2018-02-20T15:29Z 2018-02-20T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 02:34:44 2020-03-30T01:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 02:34:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated