CVE-2018-5388 (GCVE-0-2018-5388)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-31 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:33
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
strongSwan strongSwan Affected: 5.6.3 , < 5.6.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-05-22 00:00
Credits
Thanks to Kevin Backhouse for reporting this vulnerability.
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