7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-16152
StrongSwan GMP RSA Excess Data Forgery Vulnerability
Description

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field during PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification. Consequently, a remote attacker can forge signatures when small public exponents are being used, which could lead to impersonation when only an RSA signature is used for IKEv2 authentication. This is a variant of CVE-2006-4790 and CVE-2014-1568.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 26, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16152 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Strongswan strongswan

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16152 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16152 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/09/24/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-16151%2C-cve-2018-16152%29.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/09/24/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-16151,-cve-2018-16152).html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4305 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4305 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00032.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/09/24/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-16151,-cve-2018-16152).html No Types Assigned https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/09/24/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-16151,-cve-2018-16152).html Mitigation, Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-347
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (including) 4.6.4 *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.7.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4305 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.05 }} -0.10%

score

0.83867

percentile

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