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Medium ALAS2-2023-2299 1 CVE

Moderate: libreswan security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 19, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-38712: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the Libreswan package. 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 occurs. This flaw allows a malicious client or attacker to send a malformed IKEv1 Delete/Notify packet, causing a crash and restarting the libreswan pluto daemon. When sent continuously, this could lead to a denial of service attack.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 libreswan 0:3.25-4.8.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 libreswan-debuginfo 0:3.25-4.8.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38712.html