High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17540
CVE-2018-17540
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.7.1 has a Buffer Overflow via a crafted certificate.
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Affected products
25- Range: <5.7.1
- osv-coords24 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208
< 5.6.0-lp150.3.3.1+ 23 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.0-lp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.0-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9.0-1.9
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.0-4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.0-4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 5.6.0-4.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-6.36.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-6.36.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-26.13.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-17540/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3774-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4309nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.htmlnvd
- www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/10/01/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-17540%29.htmlnvd
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