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Medium · 5.7 CVE-2023-35838 EUVD-2023-39833GHSA-q424-r5hc-33qqPYSEC-2023-321

The WireGuard client 0.5.3 on Windows insecurely configures the operating system and firewall such that traffic to a local network that use…

Published Aug 9, 2023 · Updated Oct 18, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The WireGuard client 0.5.3 on Windows insecurely configures the operating system and firewall such that traffic to a local network that uses non-RFC1918 IP addresses is blocked. This allows an adversary to trick the victim into blocking IP traffic to selected IP addresses and services even while the VPN is enabled. NOTE: the tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com website uses this CVE ID to refer more generally to "LocalNet attack resulting in the blocking of traffic" rather than to only WireGuard.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wireguard No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS wireguard No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS wireguard No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS wireguard No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS wireguard No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI wireguard <= 0.5.3 — PYSEC-2023-321

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