Race condition in libreswan - CVE-2013-7283
Published: January 9, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42171
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7283
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libreswan.org
Affected software:
libreswan
libreswan
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Race condition in the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, involving the /var/tmp/libreswan-nss-pwd temporary file.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-7283
Install update from vendor's website.