CVE-2023-38712

NameCVE-2023-38712
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x and 4.x before 4.12. When an IKEv1 ISAKMP SA Informational Exchange packet contains a Delete/Notify payload followed by further Notifies that act on the ISAKMP SA, such as a duplicated Delete/Notify message, a NULL pointer dereference on the deleted state causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libreswan (PTS)bullseye4.3-1+deb11u4vulnerable
bullseye (security)4.3-1+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm4.10-2+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie4.14-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libreswansourcebullseye(unfixed)end-of-life
libreswansource(unstable)4.12-1

Notes

[bullseye] - libreswan <end-of-life> (see #1072527)
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38712/CVE-2023-38712.txt
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38712/CVE-2023-38712.patch

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