CVE-2013-6075

Summary

CVECVE-2013-6075
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-02 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2013-11-21 18:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.4 All All All
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
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.0 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 4.3.4 All All All
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
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.3 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.0.4 All All All
Application Strongswan Strongswan 5.1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2013-6075/strongswan-4.3.3-5.1.0_id_dn_match.patch MISC download.strongswan.org Patch
strongSwan - strongSwan Denial-of-Service Vulnerability and Potential Authorization Bypass (CVE-2013-6075) CONFIRM www.strongswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Page not found DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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