CVE-2018-5388
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.0%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-5388
To remediate CVE-2018-5388, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/strongswan—upgrade to 5.6.3-r0 or later
- Debian/strongswan—upgrade to 5.6.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-5388 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.6.3-r0
- from 0, < 5.6.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |