IKE: strongSwan RSASSA-PSS Signature Denial of Service
This signature detects attempt to exploit denial-of-service vulnerability which has been reported in strongSwan. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted message to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in denial-of-service conditions on the target server.
Extended 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.
Affected Products
Strongswan strongswan
References
CVE: CVE-2018-6459
Short Name
IKE:DOS:RSASSA-PSS-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
IKE
Keywords
CVE-2018-6459 Denial RSASSA-PSS Service Signature of strongSwan
Release Date
03/13/2018
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3337
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Strongswan
CVSS Score
5.0