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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-41913: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-41913: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/07/2023
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
06/11/2024

Description

strongSwan before 5.9.12 has a buffer overflow and possible unauthenticated remote code execution via a DH public value that exceeds the internal buffer in charon-tkm's DH proxy. The earliest affected version is 5.3.0. An attack can occur via a crafted IKE_SA_INIT message.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-strongswan

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