Input validation error in strongSwan - CVE-2013-6076

 

Input validation error in strongSwan - CVE-2013-6076

Published: November 2, 2013 / Updated: April 29, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42409
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6076
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: strongswan.org
Affected software:
strongSwan

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 (NULL pointer dereference and charon daemon crash) via a crafted IKEv1 fragmentation packet.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-6076

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources