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FreeBSD: VID-6A449A37-1570-11E8-8E00-000C294A5758 (CVE-2018-6459): strongswan - Insufficient input validation in RSASSA-PSS signature parser

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FreeBSD: VID-6A449A37-1570-11E8-8E00-000C294A5758 (CVE-2018-6459): strongswan - Insufficient input validation in RSASSA-PSS signature parser

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/02/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-strongswan

References

  • CVE-2018-6459

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