68385 : Openswan Client programs/pluto/xauth.c cisco_banner Field Remote Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-09-29

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-3308" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Buffer overflow in programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.26 through 2.6.28 might allow remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a long cisco_banner (aka server_banner) field.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.29 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, a patch has been released for some older versions.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2010-3308 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 41689 41769 42291
Bugtraq ID: 43588
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2010-2526
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049053.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049073.html
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-10-06 | Disagree?

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