Input validation error in Openswan - CVE-2013-2053
Published: July 9, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32677
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2053
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: openswan.org
Affected software:
Openswan
Openswan
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted DNS TXT records.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2053
Update to version 2.6.39.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0827.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2893
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960229
- https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000003.html
- https://www.openswan.org/news/13