Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-2357: The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart under some IKEv2 retransmit scenarios when a connection is configured to use PreSharedKeys (authby=secret) and the connection cannot find a matching configured secret. When such a connection is automatically added on startup using the auto= keyword, it can cause repeated crashes leading to a Denial of Service.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan-debuginfo | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan-debugsource | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.5
IKEv2 misconfiguration can cause libreswan to abort and restart
The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart under some IKEv2 retransmit scenarios when a connection is configured to use PreSharedKeys (authby=secret) and the connection cannot find a matching configured secret. When such a con…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-2357.html