PT-2014-2832 · Libreswan · Libreswan

D. Hugh Redelmeier + 1 · Published 2014-01-07 · Updated 2014-02-25 · CVE-2013-4564

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libreswan version 3.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a specially crafted IKE packet with a small length value and either no version or an invalid major number.

Recommendations For Libreswan version 3.6, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4564

Affected Products

Libreswan

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4564 · Security Note
• https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-4564/CVE-2013-4564.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124928.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124943.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124911.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 · Vendor Advisory