CVE-2017-11185

strongswan: Insufficient Input Validation in gmp Plugin

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 14, 2017

Updated · December 5, 2025

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted RSA signature.

Statement

The version of strongimcv package shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, does not enable the gmp plugin and therefore is not affected by this flaw.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference