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.
Published: 2013-11-02
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

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

No history.

Subscriptions

Strongswan Strongswan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:52:14.060Z

Reserved: 2013-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6075

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-11-02T18:55:03.283

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-6075

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6075 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses