MEDIUM
libreswan: DoS due to how mangled IKE packets are handled
Published Jan 7, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.67%
Description
Libreswan 3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small length value and (1) no version or (2) an invalid major number in an IKE packet.
Affected products
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.67% 0.02666
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02666
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02666) | 85.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02641) | 83.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.61% (0.01612) | 80.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.97% (0.02966) | 91.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 2.97% (0.02966) | 89.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 3.35% (0.03346) | 90.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.93% (0.02932) | 89.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124911.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124928.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124943.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4564 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031830 Issue Tracking
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-4564/CVE-2013-4564.txt.asc x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4564
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4564
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124911.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124928.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124943.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4564 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031830 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2013-4564/CVE-2013-4564.txt.asc | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4564 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4564 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 7, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jun 12, 2013
Link CVE-2013-4564
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a