strongswan: Insufficient validation of RSA public keys passed to the gmp plugin
Published Jun 8, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.73%
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 5.5.2
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 16.10
- 17.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
strongimcv
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | strongimcv | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of strongimcv as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, as they did not include support for the gmp plugin.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Dec 3, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01731) | 76.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01731) | 76.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 82.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 82.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 80.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00504) | 73.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 79.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.29% (0.01294) | 30.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.29% (0.01294) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98760 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9022 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457121 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9022
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9022
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-9022%29.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2017-9022).html
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98760 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9022 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1457121 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9022 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9022 | ||
| https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-9022%29.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-(cve-2017-9022).html |
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