CVE-2010-3308

Openswan cisco banner option handling vulnerability

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.26 through 2.6.28 might allow remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a long cisco_banner (aka server_banner) field.

Desbordamiento de búfer en programs/pluto/xauth.c en el cliente en Openswan v2.6.26 a v2.6.28 podría permitir ejecutar código de su elección a gateways autenticados remotos o causar una denegación de servicio a través de valor excesivamente largo en cisco_banner (también conocido como server_banner).

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-09-13 CVE Reserved
2010-10-05 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/41769	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43588	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024749	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/048999.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049053.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049073.html	2023-02-13
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html	2023-02-13
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2526	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3308	2010-11-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637924	2010-11-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.26 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.26"		-		Affected
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.27 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.27"		-		Affected
Xelerance Search vendor "Xelerance"		Openswan Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan"				2.6.28 Search vendor "Xelerance" for product "Openswan" and version "2.6.28"		-		Affected