Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU42736

Input validation error in strongSwan - CVE-2013-2054

Published: July 9, 2013 / Updated: April 29, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42736

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2054

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

strongSwan
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2013-2054

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

http://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2013-2054/CVE-2013-2054.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59837
https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000003.html

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