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High USN-3771-1 4 CVEs

strongswan vulnerabilities

Published Sep 25, 2018 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled IKEv2 key derivation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause strongSwan to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10811)

Sze Yiu Chau discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled parsing OIDs in
the gmp plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
authorization. (CVE-2018-16151)

Sze Yiu Chau discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled certain
parameters fields in the gmp plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass authorization. (CVE-2018-16152)

It was discovered that strongSwan incorrectly handled the stroke plugin. A
local administrator could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5388)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS strongswan 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.10
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS strongswan 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.7
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS strongswan 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.2

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5388
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10811
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16151
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16152