ubuntu · CVE-2017-9023

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-05-30 12:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:40:40 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2017-9023 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (strongswan), 5 status rows across 5 suites (trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 4, needs-triage 1.

Description:

The ASN.1 parser in strongSwan before 5.5.3 improperly handles CHOICE types when the x509 plugin is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted certificate.

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