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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201802-10
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Severity: Medium
Date : 2018-02-21
CVE-ID : CVE-2018-6459
Package : strongswan
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-625
Summary
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The package strongswan before version 5.6.2-1 is vulnerable to denial
of service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 5.6.2-1.
# pacman -Syu "strongswan>=5.6.2-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 5.6.2.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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The rsa_pss_params_parse function in
libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c before strongSwan
5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a
crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function
parameter.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to crash the application by providing a
maliciously-crafted signature.
References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/57597
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-6459).html
https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-6459/strongswan-5.6.1_pss_mgf1_alg.patch
https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/commit/40da179f28b768ffcf6ff7e2f68675eb44806668
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-6459
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