Out-of-Bounds Affecting strongswan package, versions <5.1.0-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-STRONGSWAN-1559747
  • published2 Nov 2013
  • disclosed2 Nov 2013

Introduced: 2 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-6075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 strongswan to version 5.1.0-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream strongswan package and not the strongswan package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The compare_dn function in utils/identification.c in strongSwan 4.3.3 through 5.1.1 allows (1) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, NULL pointer dereference, and daemon crash) or (2) remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary users and bypass access restrictions via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID, related to an "insufficient length check" during identity comparison.

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