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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1522-1] strongswan security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Sze Yiu Chau and his team from Purdue University and The University of Iowa found several security issues in the gmp plugin for strongSwan, an IKE/IPsec suite. CVE-2018-16151 The OID parser in the ASN.1 code in gmp allows any number of random bytes after a valid OID. CVE-2018-16152 The algorithmIdentifier parser in the ASN.1 code in gmp doesn't enforce a NULL value for the optional parameter which is not used with any PKCS#1 algorithm.
Affected Software
Affected Software
strongswan on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 5.2.1-6+deb8u7. We recommend that you upgrade your strongswan packages.