CVE-2012-2388
The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability."
02 Description
The GMP Plugin in strongSwan 4.2.0 through 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a (1) empty or (2) zeroed RSA signature, aka "RSA signature verification vulnerability."
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-27 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7120857955547c578dc8720b10a632ec1939ef6996091150e91b08eed94903de
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comstrongswan-rsa-security-bypass(76013)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76013
- www.securitytracker.com1027110http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027110
- osvdb.org82587http://osvdb.org/82587
- secunia.com49336http://secunia.com/advisories/49336
- secunia.com49315http://secunia.com/advisories/49315
- www.securityfocus.com53752http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53752
- www.strongswan.orghttp://www.strongswan.org/blog/2012/05/31/strongswan-4.6.4-released-%28cve-2012-2388%29.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0691http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
- secunia.com55051http://secunia.com/advisories/55051
- secunia.com49370http://secunia.com/advisories/49370
- www.debian.orgDSA-2483http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2483
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- strongswan Fixed in 4.5.2-1.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- strongswan Fixed in 4.5.2-1.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- strongswan Fixed in 4.5.2-1.4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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