CVE-2018-10811

Description

strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.21% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory strongswan.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-10811%29.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBO6ZQKLB5RY3TV7MXADFTQKXA2LUEIL/ vendor advisory
https://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2018-10811/ patch vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3771-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4229 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10811?
CVE-2018-10811 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10811?
To fix CVE-2018-10811, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-10811 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-10811 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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