CVE-2013-2052

medium
Published 2013-07-09 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the atodn function in libreswan 3.0 and 3.1, 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-2013-2053 and CVE-2013-2054.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2013-2052 NameCVE-2013-2052 DescriptionBuffer overflow in the atodn function in libreswan 3.0 and 3.1, 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-2013-2053 and CVE-2013-2054.โ€ฆ

CVE-2013-2052

NameCVE-2013-2052
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the atodn function in libreswan 3.0 and 3.1, 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-2013-2053 and CVE-2013-2054.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libreswan (PTS)bullseye4.3-1+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)4.3-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm4.10-2+deb12u1fixed
trixie5.2-2.2fixed
sid5.2-2.4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libreswansource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- libreswan <not-affected> (Fixed before the initial upload to Debian)
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-2052/CVE-2013-2052.txt

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Notes
- libreswan <not-affected> (Fixed before the initial upload to Debian)https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-2052/CVE-2013-2052.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libreswanlibreswan3.0
libreswanlibreswan3.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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