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CVE-2013-6075

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
02/11/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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