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CVE-2010-3308
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…
Medium6.5EPSS 4.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 41769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1024749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-15508 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-15381 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-15516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
- 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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