USN-6488-1

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    USN-6488-1

    Published: 20 Nov 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: strongswan vulnerability

    Details: Florian Picca discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain DH public values. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause strongSwan to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6488-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-41913

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: strongswan

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.8.2-1ubuntu3.6

    Affected versions

    5.7.2-1ubuntu3

    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
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