CVE-2023-38711

Medium

Description

An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv1 Quick Mode connection configured with ID_IPV4_ADDR or ID_IPV6_ADDR receives an IDcr payload with ID_FQDN, a NULL pointer dereference causes a crash and restart of the pluto daemon. NOTE: the earliest affected version is 4.6.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLibreswan
PublishedAug 25, 2023
First seenAug 25, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • libreswan libreswan4.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libreswan libreswan4.6 ≤ v < 4.124.12

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