# CVE-2013-7283: Race condition in the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6 has unspecified impact a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-01-09 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Race condition in the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6 has unspecified impact and attack vectors, involving the /var/tmp/libreswan-nss-pwd temporary file.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/56276
- https://lists.libreswan.org/pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/101575
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/ef2d756e73a188401c36133c2e2f7ce4f3c6ae55

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