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Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')

CVE-2018-5388

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

In stroke_socket.c in strongSwan before 5.6.3, a missing packet length check could allow a buffer underflow, which may lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service while reading from the socket.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-124 - Buffer Underwrite ('Buffer Underflow')

The software writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published