CVE-2013-2053

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2053
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-09 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:14:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.01 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.02 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.03 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.04 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.05 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.06 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.07 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.08 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.09 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.10 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.11 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.12 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.13 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.14 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.15 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.17 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.18 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.19 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.20 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.21 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.22 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.23 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.24 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.25 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.28 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.29 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.30 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.31 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.32 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.33 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.34 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.35 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.36 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.37 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.01 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.02 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.03 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.04 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.05 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.06 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.07 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.08 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.09 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.10 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.11 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.12 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.13 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.14 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.15 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.16 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.17 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.18 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.19 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.20 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.21 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.22 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.23 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.24 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.25 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.26 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.27 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.28 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.29 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.30 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.31 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.32 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.33 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.34 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.35 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.36 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.6.37 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Openswan CVE-2013-2053 DNS TXT Record Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Page not found · GitHub Pages CONFIRM www.openswan.org Vendor Advisory
960229 – (CVE-2013-2053) CVE-2013-2053 Openswan: remote buffer overflow in atodn() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2893-1 openswan DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[Swan-announce] CVE-2013-2052: Libreswan remote buffer overflow in atodn() MLIST lists.libreswan.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1150-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2013-2053 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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