PT-2016-5355 · Libreswan · Libreswan

Published 2016-04-18 · Updated 2017-02-07 · CVE-2016-3071

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Libreswan version 3.16

Description The issue might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon restart, via an IKEv2 aes xcbc transform.

Recommendations For Libreswan version 3.16, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, if available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the IKEv2 aes xcbc transform to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3071

Affected Products

Libreswan

References · 7

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182130.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3071 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3071 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182050.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-3071/CVE-2016-3071.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://download.libreswan.org/CHANGES · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/87295 · Note