# CVE-2013-7294: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Libreswan by sending a malformed IKEv2 notification, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9m3-fv78-j7vg

## What is CVE-2013-7294?

CVE-2013-7294 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ikev2parent_inI1outR1 function in pluto/ikev2_parent.c in libreswan before 3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (restart) via an IKEv2 I1 notification without a KE payload.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7294?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Libreswan Libreswan.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-7294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-7294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-7283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7283/): Race condition in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-7294 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7294 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-2013-7294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7294

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