DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38711

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38711 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	libreswan	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	libreswan	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	libreswan	4.14-1, 4.12-1, 4.14-1.1

Timeline

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38711 advisory

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