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Ubuntu: USN-3397-1 (CVE-2017-11185): strongSwan vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3397-1 (CVE-2017-11185): strongSwan vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/21/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libstrongswan
  • ubuntu-upgrade-strongswan

References

  • USN-3397-1
  • DSA-3962
  • 100492
  • CVE-2017-11185

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