CVE-2018-10811 json
strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable.
published 2018-06-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2880
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 6.2%
- EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable.
Patch / fix
- strongswan strongswan 5.6.3
- strongswan Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.6.3-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10811
- strongswan Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.1.2-0ubuntu2.10
- strongswan Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.7
- strongswan Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.6.2-1ubuntu2.2
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10811
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- strongswan SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +13 more 5.1.3-26.13.1
- strongswan SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 5.6.0-4.3.2
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:3266-1SUSE-SU-2019:3056-1
- strongswan openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.9.0-1.9
- strongswan openSUSE Leap 15.1 5.6.0-lp151.4.3.1
- strongswan openSUSE Leap 15.0 5.6.0-lp150.3.3.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11411-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2598-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2594-1
- strongswan Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 5.6.3-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-10811
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Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10811 updated cvss 5.9
strongswan: Missing initialization of a variable in IKEv2 key derivation allows denial of service
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 strongimcvnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
6.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource
References
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download.strongswan.org
/security/CVE-2018-10811/
patch, vendor-advisory
-
security.gentoo.org
/glsa/201811-16
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBO6ZQKLB5RY3TV7MXADFTQKXA2LUEIL/
vendor-advisory
-
usn.ubuntu.com
/3771-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2018/dsa-4229
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
-
lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00077.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
-
lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00001.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00047.html
vendor-advisory, broken-link
- strongswan.org /blog/2018/05/28/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2018-10811%29.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-10811
- NVD CVE-2018-10811
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