CVE-2013-2053
Openswan < 2.6.39 - Buffer Overflow via DNS TXT Record Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.openswan.org/news/13
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0827.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59838
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960229
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000003.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2893
Scores
EPSS
0.0243
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (38)
xelerance/openswan
2.6.01
xelerance/openswan
2.6.02
xelerance/openswan
2.6.03
xelerance/openswan
2.6.04
xelerance/openswan
2.6.05
xelerance/openswan
2.6.06
xelerance/openswan
2.6.07
xelerance/openswan
2.6.08
xelerance/openswan
2.6.09
xelerance/openswan
2.6.10
... and 28 more
Published
Jul 09, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026