CVE-2013-2944

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2944
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-02 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionstrongSwan 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.5 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.6 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.7 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.4.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.5.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.2 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.6.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.1 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
download.strongswan.org/patches/10_openssl_ecdsa_signature_patch/strongswan-4.3.5-5.0... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.strongswan.org Patch
openSUSE-SU-2013:0774-1: moderate: update for strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0873-1: moderate: update for strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
strongSwan OpenSSL Plugin CVE-2013-2944 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2665-1 strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
strongSwan - strongSwan 5.0.4 Released (CVE-2013-2944) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.strongswan.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0985-1: moderate: update for strongswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
strongSwan - strongSwan 5.0.4 Released (CVE-2013-2944) MITRE www.strongswan.org
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