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Debian: CVE-2018-6459: strongswan -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 20, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-strongswan
Title
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