CVE-2013-6466 Affecting openswan package, versions <0:2.6.32-27.2.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.2% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-OPENSWAN-1478049
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Jan 2014

Introduced: 15 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-6466  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 openswan to version 0:2.6.32-27.2.el6_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0185.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openswan package and not the openswan package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Openswan 2.6.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads.

CVSS Scores

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