CVE-2018-10811

strongSwan 5.6.0 and older allows Remote Denial of Service because of Missing Initialization of a Variable.

Published: 2018-06-19 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-10811 is rated High Risk (68/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.65%, 94th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +8.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-10811

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 5.56% 13.65% +8.09%
2 2026-04-17 5.17% 5.56% +0.38%
3 2026-03-23 — 5.17% —

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-10811

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-10811

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-10811

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-10811: 1 source package rows (strongswan); 15 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-10811
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-10811 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (strongswan), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10811
gentoo normal CVE-2018-10811: 1 GLSA(s) (201811-16), 1 atom(s) (net-vpn/strongswan); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-10811
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10811
suse high CVE-2018-10811 severity important: SUSE including 77 source package names (strongswan, strongswan-5.1.3-26.13.1, …), 174 product×package rows across 39 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 4, SUSE Enterprise Storage 5, … (39 product lines)): Fixed 169, Known Not Affected 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10811/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-10811 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (strongswan), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10811

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-10811

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
strongswan strongswan >= 5.0.1, < 5.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 28 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-10811

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