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CVE-2013-6466 json

Openswan 2.6.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6270

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Openswan 2.6.39 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads.

Patch / fix

  • openswan RHEL 5 2.6.32-7.3.el5_10
  • openswan RHEL 6 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0185

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-6466 updated cvss 5.0

openswan: dereferencing missing IKEv2 payloads causes pluto daemon to restart

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) openswan 2.6.32-7.3.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openswan 2.6.32-7.3.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) openswan 2.6.32-27.2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0185

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-17-250-02 updated cvss 7.5

PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies mGuard Firmware

  • PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD CENTERPORT >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD DELTA TX/TX >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD DELTA TX/TX VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD GT/GT >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD GT/GT VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD PCI4000 >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1
    +18 more products
    PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD PCI4000 VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD PCIE4000 VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS VPN ANALOG >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS2000 TX/TX VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS2005 TX VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4000 TX/TX >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4000 TX/TX VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4000 TX/TX VPN-M >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4000 TX/TX-P >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD RS4004 TX/DTX VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD SMART2 >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies FL MGUARD SMART2 VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies TC MGUARD RS2000 3G VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies TC MGUARD RS2000 4G VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies TC MGUARD RS4000 3G VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1 PHOENIX CONTACT, Innominate Security Technologies TC MGUARD RS4000 4G VPN >= 8.0.0, <= 8.5.1
    affected: mitigation cert.vde.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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