CVE-2018-6459
StrongSwan RSA PSS Signature Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 20, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:10 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-6459 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/2020-03/msg00047.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 Added Reference https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%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/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).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] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 07, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value 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.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html No Types Assigned https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html Patch, Vendor Advisory -
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]
Aug. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html [Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 19, 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:L Changed Reference Type https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html No Types Assigned https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-347 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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.
0.36 }} -0.05%
score
0.72074
percentile