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CVE-2013-7283

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7283 describes a race condition within the libreswan.spec files for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora packages in libreswan 3.6, specifically involving the /var/tmp/libreswan-nss-pwd temporary file. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7283Moderate

libreswan: insecure tmp files on rpm package installation

Nov 8, 2013

References

secunia.com / advisories/56276
Vendor Advisory
github.com / libreswan/libreswan/commit/ef2d756e73a188401c36133c2e2f7ce4f3c6ae55
ExploitPatch
lists.libreswan.org / pipermail/swan-announce/2013/000007.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 101575