CVE-2018-5388

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    CVE-2018-5388

    Published: 31 May 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172833/strongSwan-VPN-Charon-Server-Buffer-Overflow.html, https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0acd1ab4, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104263, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -b2ab0995c11a6074a06e3d8d9a8325dc9e6154a1

    Affected versions

    5.6.3rc1
    5.6.3dr2
    5.6.3dr1
    5.6.2
    5.6.2rc1
    5.6.2dr4
    5.6.2dr3
    5.6.2dr2
    5.6.2dr1
    5.6.1
    5.6.1rc1
    5.6.1dr3
    5.6.1dr2
    5.6.1dr1
    5.6.0
    5.6.0rc2
    5.6.0rc1
    5.6.0dr4
    5.6.0dr3
    5.6.0dr2
    5.6.0dr1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High