CVE-2010-3753

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

programs/pluto/xauth.c in the client in Openswan 2.6.26 through 2.6.28 allows remote authenticated gateways to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the cisco_banner (aka server_banner) field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3308.

Affected products

Xelerance Openswan: 2.6.26, 2.6.27, 2.6.28

References

http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43588
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2526
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43588
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2526

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