CVE-2013-6075

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 2, 2013
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Oct 11, 2013

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2013/11/01/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2013-6075%29.html
http://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2013-6075/strongswan-4.3.3-5.1.0_id_dn_match.patch
DSA-2789vendor-advisory

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