CVE-2023-41913 (GCVE-0-2023-41913)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-07 00:00
Modified
2025-11-04 19:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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