CVE-2012-2388
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.5.2-1.4 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.5.2-1.4 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.5.2-1.4 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.5.2-1.4 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.5.2-1.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.0 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.1 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.2 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.3 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.4 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.5 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.6 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.7 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.8 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.9 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.10 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.11 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.12 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.13 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.14 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.15 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.2.16 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.0 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.1 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.2 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.3 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.4 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.5 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.3.6 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.4.0 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.4.1 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.5.0 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.5.1 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.5.2 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.5.3 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.6.0 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.6.1 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.6.2 | |
| strongswan | strongswan | 4.6.3 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/82587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55051
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2483
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53752
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027110
- http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2012/05/31/strongswan-4.6.4-released-%28cve-2012-2388%29.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76013
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2388
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.