VDB
GHSA-7wxf-w2jw-5jhr
GHSA-7wxf-w2jw-5jhr
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17540 advisory
- https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.html url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 url
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-17540).html url