UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5388

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5388

    Published: 31 May 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5388
    Aliases:
    USN-3771-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5388, https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343, https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-5388).html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3771-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5388

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: strongswan

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.2-0ubuntu2.10

    Affected versions

    4.6.4-9

    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