CVE-2018-5388
N/A
Published: May 31, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxstrongSwan
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 5.6.3
Affected range stops below 5.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/338343Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-124CWE-787
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