Improper Authentication in strongSwan - CVE-2013-2944
Published: May 2, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42852
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2944
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.
strongSwan 4.3.5 through 5.0.3, when using the OpenSSL plugin for ECDSA signature verification, allows remote attackers to authenticate as other users via an invalid signature.
Affected software
strongSwan
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2944
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/10_openssl_ecdsa_signature_patch/strongswan-4.3.5-5.0.3_openssl_ecdsa_signature.patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00121.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59580
- http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2013/04/30/strongswan-5.0.4-released-(cve-2013-2944).html