CVSS 3.0
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LCVE-2018-6459
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
- EPSS
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-347
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- strongswan:strongswan
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16