| Name | CVE-2017-11185 |
| Description | The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1059-1, DSA-3962-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 872155 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan (PTS) | wheezy | 4.5.2-1.5+deb7u8 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 4.5.2-1.5+deb7u10 | fixed | |
| jessie | 5.2.1-6+deb8u4 | vulnerable | |
| jessie (security) | 5.2.1-6+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 5.5.1-4 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security) | 5.5.1-4+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 5.6.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan | source | (unstable) | 5.6.0-1 | medium | 872155 | |
| strongswan | source | jessie | 5.2.1-6+deb8u5 | medium | DSA-3962-1 | |
| strongswan | source | stretch | 5.5.1-4+deb9u1 | medium | DSA-3962-1 | |
| strongswan | source | wheezy | 4.5.2-1.5+deb7u10 | medium | DLA-1059-1 |
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/08/14/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2017-11185).html
https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git;a=commit;h=ef5c37fcdf47273feea320091598135688df4ef7