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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16152

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16152 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field during PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification. Consequently, a remote attacker can forge signatures when small public exponents are being used, which could lead to impersonation when only an RSA signature is used for IKEv2 authentication. This is a variant of CVE-2006-4790 and CVE-2014-1568.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14strongswan0, 0, 0
Debian:12strongswan0, 0, 0
Debian:13strongswan0, 0, 0
Debian:11strongswan0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 26, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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