Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6459

Description

The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.

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Affected products

Strongswan/Strongswanllm-fuzzy
Range: =5.6.1
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1 pkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1
< 5.8.2-lp151.4.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.8.2-lp151.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9.0-1.9
- (no CPE)range: < 5.8.2-4.6.14

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.htmlnvd
www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.htmlnvd

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