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CVE-2013-2944
strongSwan 4.3.5 through 5.0.3, when using the OpenSSL plugin for ECDSA signature verification, allows remote attackers to authenticate as…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 24% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
strongSwan 4.3.5 through 5.0.3, when using the OpenSSL plugin for ECDSA signature verification, allows remote attackers to authenticate as other users via an invalid signature.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2013/04/30/strongswan-5.0.4-released-%28cve-2013-2944%29.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0985 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 59580 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0774 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://download.strongswan.org/patches/10_openssl_ecdsa_signature_patch/strongswan-4.3.5-5.0.3_openssl_ecdsa_signature.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2883 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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