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SUSE: CVE-2017-9022: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-9022: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/30/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-strongswan
  • suse-upgrade-strongswan-doc
  • suse-upgrade-strongswan-hmac
  • suse-upgrade-strongswan-ipsec
  • suse-upgrade-strongswan-libs0
  • suse-upgrade-strongswan-nm

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