Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.
Published: 2017-06-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-973-1 strongswan security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3866-1 strongswan security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17962 The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3301-1 strongSwan vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +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'}


Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Strongswan Strongswan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-03T21:16:39.264Z

Reserved: 2017-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:21.982Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-08T16:29:00.497

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

Link: CVE-2017-9022

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9022 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses