CVE-2018-17540
StrongSwan GMP Plugin Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 3, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:54 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17540
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2018-17540.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-17540 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-17540 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html Added Reference https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/ Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/ Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 Added Reference https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html -
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/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.html [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).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]
Nov. 27, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/ No Types Assigned https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/ Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).html No Types Assigned https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.7.1 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]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17540 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17540
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.29 }} 1.22%
score
0.89343
percentile