CVE-2013-6075

strongswan: denial of service and potential authorization bypass

Published Nov 2, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The 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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2789-1 strongswan security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-5904 The 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:52 PM
Reserved
Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 2, 2013, 6:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:59 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 1, 2013, 12:00 AM