CVE-2013-6075

EPSS 0.23%

strongswan - Denial of service and authorization bypass

Published: 11/2/2013Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6075

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.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)