CVE-2013-6075

Name	CVE-2013-6075
Description	The compare_dn function in utils/identification.c in strongSwan 4.3.3 through 5.1.1 allows (1) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, NULL pointer dereference, and daemon crash) or (2) remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary users and bypass access restrictions via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID, related to an "insufficient length check" during identity comparison.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2789-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
strongswan (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	5.2.1-6+deb8u11	fixed
	stretch (security)	5.5.1-4+deb9u6	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	5.5.1-4+deb9u7	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	5.7.2-1+deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.9.1-1+deb11u4	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	5.9.8-5+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	5.9.13-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
strongswan	source	squeeze	4.4.1-5.4		DSA-2789-1
strongswan	source	wheezy	4.5.2-1.5+deb7u2		DSA-2789-1
strongswan	source	(unstable)	5.1.0-3