CVE-2013-2053

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-05-13

Description


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


CVSS v2.0 metrics


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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (openswan)ELSA-2013-08272013-05-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (openswan)ELSA-2013-08272013-05-15



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