MEDIUM 6.5 Microsoft
CVE-2023-38711
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2023-Aug: 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.
Affected Products
- azl3 libreswan 4.7-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 libreswan 4.7-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 libreswan 4.7-6 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38711
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38711
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2023-08-08 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 libreswan 4.7-7 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 libreswan 4.7-5 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 libreswan 4.7-6 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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