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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41990: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-41990: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/18/2021
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example, this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-strongswan

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