CVE-2023-41913

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    CVE-2023-41913

    Published: 7 Dec 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: strongSwan before 5.9.12 has a buffer overflow and possible unauthenticated remote code execution via a DH public value that exceeds the internal buffer in charon-tkm's DH proxy. The earliest affected version is 5.3.0. An attack can occur via a crafted IKE_SA_INIT message.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00018.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YPJZPYHBCRXUQGGKQE6TYH4J4RIJH6HO/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/41xxx/CVE-2023-41913.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPJZPYHBCRXUQGGKQE6TYH4J4RIJH6HO/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41913, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250117-0003/, https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/releases, https://www.strongswan.org/blog/2023/11/20/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2023-41913%29.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ff96400d13e757385be62cab2df9f69a7d829040
    Fixed -11dbc8e7f271579c2cbe8496ca6bf8b12241803b

    Affected versions

    5.9.12rc1
    5.9.12dr2
    5.9.12dr1
    5.9.11
    5.9.11rc1
    5.9.11dr3
    5.9.11dr2
    5.9.11dr1
    5.9.10
    5.9.10rc1
    5.9.9
    5.9.9rc2
    5.9.9rc1
    5.9.8
    5.9.8rc1
    5.9.8dr4
    5.9.8dr3
    5.9.8dr2
    5.9.8dr1
    5.9.7
    5.9.7rc1
    5.9.7dr2
    5.9.7dr1
    5.9.6
    5.9.6rc1
    5.9.5
    5.9.5rc1
    5.9.5dr4
    5.9.5dr3
    5.9.5dr2
    5.9.5dr1
    5.9.4
    5.9.4rc1
    5.9.4dr3
    5.9.4dr2
    5.9.4dr1
    5.9.3
    5.9.3rc1
    5.9.3dr4
    5.9.3dr3
    5.9.3dr2
    5.9.3dr1
    5.9.2
    5.9.2rc2
    5.9.2rc1
    5.9.2dr2
    5.9.2dr1
    5.9.1
    5.9.1rc1
    5.9.1dr1
    5.9.0
    5.9.0rc1
    5.9.0dr2
    5.9.0dr1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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