| Name | CVE-2018-6459 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| strongswan (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 5.9.1-1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 5.9.8-5+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.9.13-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - strongswan <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - strongswan <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - strongswan <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html