CVE-2017-9022

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 8, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxstrongSwan

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98760
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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