Release Date: | 2013-05-13 |
Buffer overflow in the atodn function in Openswan before 2.6.39, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted DNS TXT records. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2013-2052 and CVE-2013-2054.
See more information about CVE-2013-2053 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.6 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (openswan) | ELSA-2013-0827 | 2013-05-15 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (openswan) | ELSA-2013-0827 | 2013-05-15 |
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