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OESA-2023-1581 (CVE-2023-38710)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-09-02 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source website
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Summary
libreswan security update
Details

Libreswan is an implementation of IKEv1 and IKEv2 for IPsec. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2023-38710)

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.(CVE-2023-38711)

An issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x and 4.x before 4.12. When an IKEv1 ISAKMP SA Informational Exchange packet contains a Delete/Notify payload followed by further Notifies that act on the ISAKMP SA, such as a duplicated Delete/Notify message, a NULL pointer dereference on the deleted state causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart.(CVE-2023-38712)

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "id": "OESA-2023-1581",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:02Z",
  "published": "2023-09-02T11:06:02Z",
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      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1581"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38710"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38711"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "libreswan security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-38710",
    "CVE-2023-38711",
    "CVE-2023-38712"
  ]
}



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