CVE-2023-38710

NameCVE-2023-38710
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libreswan (PTS)buster, buster (security)3.27-6+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye4.3-1+deb11u4vulnerable
bullseye (security)4.3-1+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm4.10-2+deb12u1vulnerable
sid4.14-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libreswansource(unstable)4.12-1

Notes

https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38710/CVE-2023-38710.txt
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38710/CVE-2023-38710.patch

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