CVE-2005-0162

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_internal_addresses function in the pluto application for Openswan 1.x before 1.0.9, and Openswan 2.x before 2.3.0, when compiled with XAUTH and PAM enabled, allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Openswan: through 1.0.9
Xelerance Openswan: 2.3.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14038
http://secunia.com/advisories/14062
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013014
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=190&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.openswan.org/support/vuln/IDEF0785/
http://www.osvdb.org/13195
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-January/msg00103.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12377
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19078
http://secunia.com/advisories/14038
http://secunia.com/advisories/14062
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013014

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