6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-2053
Openswan Denial of Service and Execution of Arbitrary Code Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 9, 2013, 5:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-2053 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xelerance openswan

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-2053 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-2053 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00008.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0827.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2893
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59838
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960229
    Added Reference https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000003.html
    Added Reference https://www.openswan.org/news/13
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. 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.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2013-2053 Openswan: remote buffer overflow in atodn() 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0827 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2053 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. CVE-2013-2053 Openswan: remote buffer overflow in atodn()
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0827 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2053 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.38 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.38
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

7.58 }} 0.16%

score

0.94109

percentile

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