CVE-2018-6459

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    CVE-2018-6459

    Published: 20 Feb 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16, https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 203a86ecb88ecff2a338196401cbf55244ed6158
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.6.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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