CVE-2013-6075 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the strongSwan daemon or impersonate users via crafted ASN.1 DNs, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-6075?
CVE-2013-6075 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6075?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Strongswan Strongswan.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6075?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-6075 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6075 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6075, DSA-2789-1, GHSA-pv47-47g7-w845.