CVE-2013-5018

strongswan: denial of service flaw in 5.0.3/5.0.4

Published Aug 28, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
The is_asn1 function in strongSwan 4.1.11 through 5.0.4 does not properly validate the return value of the asn1_length function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a (1) XAuth username, (2) EAP identity, or (3) PEM encoded file that starts with a 0x04, 0x30, or 0x31 character followed by an ASN.1 length value that triggers an integer overflow.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4860 The is_asn1 function in strongSwan 4.1.11 through 5.0.4 does not properly validate the return value of the asn1_length function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a (1) XAuth username, (2) EAP identity, or (3) PEM encoded file that starts with a 0x04, 0x30, or 0x31 character followed by an ASN.1 length value that triggers an integer overflow.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:59 PM
Reserved
Jul 30, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 28, 2013, 11:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:58 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 1, 2013, 12:00 AM