CVE-2023-38710
Description
An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv2 Child SA REKEY packet contains an invalid IPsec protocol ID number of 0 or 1, an error notify INVALID_SPI is sent back. The notify payload's protocol ID is copied from the incoming packet, but the code that verifies outgoing packets fails an assertion that the protocol ID must be ESP (2) or AH(3) and causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart. NOTE: the earliest affected version is 3.20.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
The Libreswan Team
oss-projectaka libreswan
libreswan
oss-project
and 1 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/tags
github.com
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38710/
libreswan.org
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
and 1 more references View all →
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