CVE-2013-6466

Description

Openswan 2.6.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.10% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory libreswan.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-6467/CVE-2013-6467.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65155	vdb entry
https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2017-001
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0185.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2893	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90524	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6466?: CVE-2013-6466 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6466?: To fix CVE-2013-6466, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6466 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-6466 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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