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Ubuntu: USN-5111-1 (CVE-2021-41990): strongSwan vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5111-1 (CVE-2021-41990): strongSwan vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/18/2021
Created
10/28/2021
Added
10/20/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example, this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur.

Solution(s)

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

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