Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16151
In verify_emsa_pkcs1_signature() in gmp_rsa_public_key.c in the gmp plugin in strongSwan 4.x and 5.x before 5.7.0, the RSA implementation based on GMP does not reject excess data after the encoded algorithm OID during PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification. Similar to the flaw in the same version of strongSwan regarding digestAlgorithm.parameters, a remote attacker can forge signatures when small public exponents are being used, which could lead to impersonation when only an RSA signature is used for IKEv2 authentication.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.012
EPSS Ranking 78.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2018-16151
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.16
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.3
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0