CVE-2016-5391 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Libreswan

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibreswanFedoraproject FedoraDebian Libreswan
Timeline
PublishedJun 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

libreswan before 3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and pluto daemon restart).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Also affects: Fedora 23, 24

Patches

Patch: libreswan.org ↗Patch: libreswan.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-hp5p-v8v6-q6h6: libreswan before 3↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libreswan: IKEv2 bogus proposal lacking DH transform causes pluto daemon restart↗2016-07-19
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Debian
CVE-2016-5391: libreswan - libreswan before 3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5391 libreswan: IKEv2 bogus proposal lacking DH transform causes pluto daemon restart↗2016-07-13
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