CVE-2013-5018 | BDVDB-2026-57183 Detail
Description#
The is_asn1 function in strongSwan 4.1.11 through 5.0.4 does not properly validate the return value of the asn1_length function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a (1) XAuth username, (2) EAP identity, or (3) PEM encoded file that starts with a 0x04, 0x30, or 0x31 character followed by an ASN.1 length value that triggers an integer overflow.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61564
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54524
- http://strongswan.org/blog/2013/08/01/strongswan-5.1.0-released.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00022.html
- http://strongswan.org/blog/2013/08/01/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2013-5018%29.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00021.html
- https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2013-July/009540.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00050.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.