PT-2017-8714 · Libreswan · Libreswan

Andrej Nemec · CVE-2016-5391 · Published 2017-06-13 · Updated 2023-02-12

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 versions prior to 3.18

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and a restart of the pluto daemon.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.18, update to version 3.18 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5391

Affected Products

Libreswan

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5391 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65R6OA5AY7K2UBQUDOLOS5Y3SCULQI6I · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5391 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKMS7R4TG6LTAGEBOWVUXF6LAWQXLNXV · Vendor Advisory
• https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-5391/CVE-2016-5391.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356183 · Note