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CVE-2010-3753

Published: Oct 5, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 18.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

openswanxelerance
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
xelerancecommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka openswan
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/CVE-2010-3308.txt
openswan.org
http://www.openswan.org/download/CVE-2010-3308/openswan-2.6.26-2.6.28-CVE-2010-330x.patch
openswan.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0892.html
redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 5, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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