vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-11185)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 18, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 18, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Fixed a DoS vulnerability in the gmp plugin that was caused by insufficient input validation when verifying RSA signatures, which requires decryption with the operation m^e mod n, where m is the signature, and e and n are the exponent and modulus of the public key. The value m is an integer between 0 and n-1, however, the gmp plugin did not verify this. So if m equals n the calculation results in 0, in which case mpz_export() returns NULL. This result wasn't handled properly causing a null-pointer dereference.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-11185
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-11185
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100492
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-2819
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-13
- https://wiki.strongswan.org/versions/66
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/08/14/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-11185%29.html
- CWE-476
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-2819
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