CVE-2017-9022 Information

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98760 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1 https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2017-9022).html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5