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ALPINE-CVE-2021-41990

ALPINE-CVE-2021-41990 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example, this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.23strongswan4.5.2-r0, 4.6.1-r0, 5.1.1-r0
Alpine:v3.13strongswan5.6.3-r0, 0, 4.5.2-r0
Alpine:v3.17strongswan5.9.1-r2, 5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0
Alpine:v3.19strongswan5.3.2-r4, 5.3.1-r0, 5.3.2-r6
Alpine:v3.12strongswan5.2.0-r1, 0, 5.1.1-r0
Alpine:v3.16strongswan5.9.1-r2, 5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0
Alpine:v3.18strongswan0, 5.3.3-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.21strongswan5.9.1-r2, 5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0
Alpine:v3.14strongswan5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0, 5.9.0-r1
Alpine:v3.20strongswan5.6.0-r0, 5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0
Alpine:v3.22strongswan5.9.1-r2, 5.3.0-r2, 5.3.1-r1
Alpine:v3.15strongswan5.9.1-r1, 5.9.1-r0, 5.9.0-r1

Timeline

  • Oct 18, 2021 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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