CVE-2013-2053
Buffer overflow in the atodn function in Openswan before 2.6.39, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the atodn function in Openswan before 2.6.39, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted DNS TXT records. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2013-2052 and CVE-2013-2054.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.45% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- xelerance/openswan
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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/13Vendor Advisory
- 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/13Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.