Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.
Published: 2017-08-18
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1059-1 strongswan security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3962-1 strongswan security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2819 The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3397-1 strongSwan vulnerability
History

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Strongswan Strongswan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-04T15:57:04.783Z

Reserved: 2017-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11185

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:58.100Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T17:29:01.497

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11185

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11185 - Bugzilla

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