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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-38711: Moderate: libreswan security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2023-38711: Moderate: libreswan security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2023
Created
11/09/2023
Added
11/08/2023
Modified
12/14/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libreswan
  • centos-upgrade-libreswan-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libreswan-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2023-38711

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