usn-6488-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-11-20 15:46
Modified
2026-02-10 04:43
Summary
strongswan vulnerability
Details
Florian Picca discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain DH public values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan-extra-plugins",
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"binary_name": "strongswan-charon",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
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"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
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"binary_name": "strongswan-nm",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
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"binary_name": "strongswan-pki",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
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"binary_name": "strongswan-scepclient",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
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"binary_name": "strongswan-starter",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-swanctl",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-tnc-base",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-tnc-client",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-tnc-ifmap",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-tnc-pdp",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-tnc-server",
"binary_version": "5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
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"introduced": "0"
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}
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}
],
"versions": [
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"5.8.1-1ubuntu1",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu1",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu2",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3.1",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3.2",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3.3",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4",
"5.8.2-1ubuntu3.5"
]
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{
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"id": "CVE-2023-41913",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "charon-cmd",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "charon-systemd",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extauth-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcharon-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libstrongswan-extra-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
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"binary_name": "libstrongswan-standard-plugins",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-charon",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-libcharon",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-nm",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-pki",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-scepclient",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-starter",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "strongswan-swanctl",
"binary_version": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.9.5-2ubuntu2.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"5.9.1-1ubuntu3",
"5.9.1-1ubuntu3.1",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu1",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu2",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu3",
"5.9.4-1ubuntu4",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu1",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2",
"5.9.5-2ubuntu2.1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Florian Picca discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain DH\npublic values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n",
"id": "USN-6488-1",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:43:25Z",
"published": "2023-11-20T15:46:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6488-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41913"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "strongswan vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41913"
]
}
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