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CVE-2018-16152

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.89%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-16152
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.89%

Original Filing — NVD Description

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 in the digestAlgorithm.parameters field during PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification. Consequently, 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. This is a variant of CVE-2006-4790 and CVE-2014-1568.