| Name | CVE-2018-5388 |
| Description | In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4229-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan (PTS) | buster | 5.7.2-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 5.7.2-1+deb10u3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.9.1-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.9.8-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan | source | jessie | 5.2.1-6+deb8u6 | DSA-4229-1 | ||
| strongswan | source | stretch | 5.5.1-4+deb9u2 | DSA-4229-1 | ||
| strongswan | source | (unstable) | 5.6.3-1 |
[stretch] - strongswan <no-dsa> (needs root priv for access to the stroke socket)
[jessie] - strongswan <no-dsa> (needs root priv for access to the stroke socket)
[wheezy] - strongswan <no-dsa> (needs root priv for access to the stroke socket)
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343
https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git;a=commitdiff;h=0acd1ab4
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-5.6.3-released.html
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-5388).html