openswan: buffer overflow vulnerability in XAUTH client-side support
Published Oct 5, 2010
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.89%
Description
Buffer overflow in programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.25 through 2.6.28 might allow remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via long (1) cisco_dns_info or (2) cisco_domain_info data in a packet.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
openswan-0:2.6.24-8.el6_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0892
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openswan-0:2.6.24-8.el6_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0892 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.89% (0.03892) | 89.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.89% (0.03892) | 88.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 6, 2025 | 6.11% (0.06107) | 89.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.10% (0.05096) | 88.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.61% (0.07610) | 86.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.10% (0.05096) | 89.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.26% (0.01265) | 85.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.34% (0.03344) | 91.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 2.39% (0.02386) | 88.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2023 | 2.26% (0.02259) | 87.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.98% (0.01979) | 86.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.25% (0.06248) | 90.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.25% (0.06248) | 90.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.25% (0.06248) | 89.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.25% (0.06248) | 77.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/048999.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049073.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41769 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3302/CVE-2010-3302.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3302/openswan-2.6.25-CVE-2010-3302.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43588 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024749 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2526 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3302 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634264 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3302
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3302
Change history (0)
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