# CVE-2013-7283: Race condition in n/a

> A race condition in the libreswan package for RHEL and Fedora involves a temporary file, with unspecified impact and attack vectors.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gf3q-3q8v-qphc

## What is CVE-2013-7283?

CVE-2013-7283 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Race condition in the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, involving the /var/tmp/libreswan-nss-pwd temporary file.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7283?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Libreswan Libreswan.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-7283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-7283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2026-12413](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12413/): IKEv2 Denial of Service via malformed fragmentation (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-50721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50721/): IKEv1 Denial of Service via RSA-SHA1 (PKCS#1 Version 1.5 Encrypted) authentication payload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-50722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50722/): IKEv2 Denial of Service via RSA-SHA1 (PKCS#1 RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5) authentication payload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-30570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30570/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-2295](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2295/): Denial of service in libreswan (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-7283 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7283

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