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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38710

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38710 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13libreswan0, 0, 0
Debian:12libreswan0, 4.10-2, 5.2-2.4
Debian:11libreswan0, 4.10-1, 4.10-2
Debian:14libreswan0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 25, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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