| Name | CVE-2023-38711 |
| 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. |
| 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) | bullseye | 4.3-1+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4.3-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.10-2+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.14-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libreswan | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| libreswan | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| libreswan | source | (unstable) | 4.12-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - libreswan <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - libreswan <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38711/CVE-2023-38711.txt
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38711/CVE-2023-38711.patch