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CVE-2013-2053

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 2.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-07-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2013-2053
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
2.43%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the atodn function in Openswan before 2.6.39, when Opportunistic Encryption is enabled and an RSA key is being used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (pluto IKE daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted DNS TXT records. NOTE: this might be the same vulnerability as CVE-2013-2052 and CVE-2013-2054.