CVE-2012-2388

high
Published 2012-06-27 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2388

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2012/05/31/strongswan-4.6.4-released-%28cve-2012-2388%29.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49370

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49336

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49315

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.5.2-1.4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.5.2-1.4
debian debianforkyfixed4.5.2-1.4
debian debiansidfixed4.5.2-1.4
debian debiantrixiefixed4.5.2-1.4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
strongswanstrongswan4.2.0
strongswanstrongswan4.2.1
strongswanstrongswan4.2.2
strongswanstrongswan4.2.3
strongswanstrongswan4.2.4
strongswanstrongswan4.2.5
strongswanstrongswan4.2.6
strongswanstrongswan4.2.7
strongswanstrongswan4.2.8
strongswanstrongswan4.2.9
strongswanstrongswan4.2.10
strongswanstrongswan4.2.11
strongswanstrongswan4.2.12
strongswanstrongswan4.2.13
strongswanstrongswan4.2.14
strongswanstrongswan4.2.15
strongswanstrongswan4.2.16
strongswanstrongswan4.3.0
strongswanstrongswan4.3.1
strongswanstrongswan4.3.2
strongswanstrongswan4.3.3
strongswanstrongswan4.3.4
strongswanstrongswan4.3.5
strongswanstrongswan4.3.6
strongswanstrongswan4.4.0
strongswanstrongswan4.4.1
strongswanstrongswan4.5.0
strongswanstrongswan4.5.1
strongswanstrongswan4.5.2
strongswanstrongswan4.5.3
strongswanstrongswan4.6.0
strongswanstrongswan4.6.1
strongswanstrongswan4.6.2
strongswanstrongswan4.6.3

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.