HIGH
libreswan: insecure tmp files on rpm package installation
Published Jan 9, 2014
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.63%
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.
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.63% 0.01627
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01627
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 75.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.63% (0.01627) | 72.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 55.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 75.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00279) | 68.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00219) | 59.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 54.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00160) | 51.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00146) | 49.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 71.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00484) | 72.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/101575 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7283 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051092 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/ef2d756e73a188401c36133c2e2f7ce4f3c6ae55 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7283
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7283
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56276 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/101575 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7283 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051092 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/ef2d756e73a188401c36133c2e2f7ce4f3c6ae55 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7283 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7283 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 9, 2014
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Jan 9, 2014
Link CVE-2013-7283
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a