vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9023: Infinite Loop

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 8, 2017
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Dec 22, 2025

Description

The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted certificate.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-strongswan
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