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CVE-2018-6459 (GCVE-0-2018-6459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:01
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strong… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2018-02-19 00:00
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