CVE-2021-41990

strongswan: gmp plugin: integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 18, 2021

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.9.4 has a remote integer overflow via a crafted certificate with an RSASSA-PSS signature. For example, this can be triggered by an unrelated self-signed CA certificate sent by an initiator. Remote code execution cannot occur.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound