SB2013121106 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for libreswan
Published: December 11, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013121106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4564)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Libreswan 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small length value and (1) no version or (2) an invalid major number in an IKE packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.