| Name | CVE-2016-5361 |
| Description | programs/pluto/ikev1.c in libreswan before 3.17 retransmits in initial-responder states, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed UDP packet. NOTE: the original behavior complies with the IKEv1 protocol, but has a required security update from the libreswan vendor; as of 2016-06-10, it is expected that several other IKEv1 implementations will have vendor-required security updates, with separate CVE IDs assigned to each. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libreswan (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 3.27-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.3-1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.3-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.10-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid | 4.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libreswan | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- libreswan <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to Debian)
Possibly the CVE should be rejected: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/13/1
MITRE has not assigned the CVE to the protocol flaw, but specific to libreswan, but as
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@redhat.com> pointed out that is not a libreswan issue, rather
the protocol is flawed.