CVE-2013-4564

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4564
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-07 17:04:51 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionLibreswan 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small length value and (1) no version or (2) an invalid major number in an IKE packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS: 0.013820000 probability, percentile 0.803880000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreswan Libreswan 3.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-4564/CVE-2013-4564.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libreswan.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA56276 - libreswan Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libreswan-3.7-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libreswan-3.7-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[Swan-announce] Libreswan 3.7 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.libreswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: libreswan-3.7-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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