CVE-2018-6459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00229.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Strongswan	Strongswan

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-18216	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6459
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6459
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-20T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:01:49.343Z

Reserved: 2018-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6459

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-20T15:29:00.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:42.370

Link: CVE-2018-6459

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6459 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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