{"id":"CVE-2018-6459","details":"The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask generation function parameter.","modified":"2026-07-08T20:04:49.484806Z","published":"2018-02-20T15:29:00.430Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:0743-1","openSUSE-SU-2020:0403-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11411-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-16"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2018/02/19/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-6459%29.html"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan","events":[{"introduced":"203a86ecb88ecff2a338196401cbf55244ed6158"},{"last_affected":"203a86ecb88ecff2a338196401cbf55244ed6158"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"5.6.1"},{"last_affected":"5.6.1"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["5.6.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6459.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}