CVE-2018-5388
First published: Thu May 31 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cret@cert.org cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Strongswan Strongswan | <5.6.3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| debian/strongswan | 5.9.1-1+deb11u4 5.9.8-5+deb12u1 5.9.13-2 |
Never miss a vulnerability like this again
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
Reference Links
- 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
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104263
- https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git;a=commitdiff;h=0acd1ab4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-5388
- https://git.strongswan.org/?p=strongswan.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0acd1ab4
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-5.6.3-released.html
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2018-5388).html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5388
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5388
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5388
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5388
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-5388.
What is the severity of CVE-2018-5388?
The severity of CVE-2018-5388 is medium (6.5).
How does CVE-2018-5388 affect strongSwan?
CVE-2018-5388 in strongSwan before 5.6.3 could lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2018-5388?
strongSwan versions 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.2, 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.10, 5.6.3, 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.7, 5.7.2-1+deb10u2, 5.7.2-1+deb10u3, 5.9.1-1+deb11u3, 5.9.8-5, 5.9.11-1 are affected.
How can I fix CVE-2018-5388?
To fix CVE-2018-5388, you should update strongSwan to version 5.6.3 or apply the provided remedies for your specific version.
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/weakness
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/launchpad-cve
- source/Launchpad
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/remedy
- agent/severity
- agent/description
- agent/references
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- vendor/strongswan
- canonical/strongswan strongswan
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- version/debian debian linux/9.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/16.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/18.04
- package-manager/debian