gsd-2018-5388
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2018-5388


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      "publishedDate": "2018-05-31T13:29Z"
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}


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