CVE-2013-7283

Public Exploit

Description

Race condition in the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, involving the /var/tmp/libreswan-nss-pwd temporary file.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory libreswan.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/101575 vdb entry
https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/ef2d756e73a188401c36133c2e2f7ce4f3c6ae55 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-7283?
CVE-2013-7283 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-7283?
To fix CVE-2013-7283, 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-2013-7283 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-7283 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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