ubuntu-cve-2013-6075
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-11-02 18:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "strongswan",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/strongswan@5.1.2-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.1.2-0ubuntu1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.6.4-9",
"5.1.0-2",
"5.1.0-3",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu1",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu2",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu3",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu4",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu5",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu7",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu14",
"5.1.1-0ubuntu17",
"5.1.2~dr3+git20130120-0ubuntu2",
"5.1.2~dr3+git20130120-0ubuntu3",
"5.1.2~rc1-0ubuntu3",
"5.1.2~rc1-0ubuntu4",
"5.1.2~rc2-0ubuntu2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6075",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:20Z",
"published": "2013-11-02T18:55:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6075"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2013/11/01/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2013-6075%29.html"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2789"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://download.strongswan.org/security/CVE-2013-6075/strongswan-4.3.3-5.1.0_id_dn_match.patch"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6075"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2013-6075"
],
"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:56Z"
}
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