CVE-2017-9022

NameCVE-2017-9022
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-973-1, DSA-3866-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
strongswan (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye5.9.1-1+deb11u4fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)5.9.8-5+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5.9.13-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
strongswansourcewheezy4.5.2-1.5+deb7u9DLA-973-1
strongswansourcejessie5.2.1-6+deb8u3DSA-3866-1
strongswansource(unstable)5.5.1-4

Notes

upstream fix https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git;a=commit;h=6681d98d18d24b31410fc12c3d61f150107481b3
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