Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-94453: A use-after-free flaw was found in Libreswan's IKE-over-TCP handling. When a TCP connection closes and additional packet processing occurs for the same connection tuple, the IKE daemon may access a previously freed interface endpoint object. A remote, unauthenticated attacker may exploit this flaw to cause the pluto daemon to crash and restart, resulting in denial of service. CVE-2026-77207: A null pointer dereference flaw was found in Libreswan's PKCS#7 certificate payload handling. When processing a crafted IKEv2 IKE_AUTH packet containing a PKCS#7 bundle with a certificate revocation list but no certificates, Libreswan may dereference a null pointer, causing the pluto daemon to crash and restart. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan-debuginfo | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libreswan-debugsource | 0:4.12-3.amzn2023.0.4 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
Null Pointer Dereference in PKCS#7 bundle with no certificates
Libreswan has a null pointer dereference bug in the PKCS#7 handling code for IKE certificate authentication. When libreswan decodes an IKE CERT payload of type CERT_PKCS7_WRAPPED_X509, it guards the PKCS#7 blob with SEC_PKCS7ContainsCertsOrCrls() and then ite…
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High 7.5
IKEv2 Use-After-Free bug when using IKE-over-TCP
Libreswan's pluto daemon has a use-after-free vulnerability when a client connecting using IKE over TCP closes the connection and another packet (retransmit or malicious) is received for the same tuple. IKE state is retained in memory after the client closes …