Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package strongswan (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed2 May 2013
Introduced: 2 May 2013
CVE-2013-2944 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream strongswan package and not the strongswan package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-2944
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59580
- http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2013/04/30/strongswan-5.0.4-released-(cve-2013-2944).html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2665
- 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.strongswan.org/blog/2013/04/30/strongswan-5.0.4-released-%28cve-2013-2944%29.html