CVE-2024-2357

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-03-11

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2024-2357 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (libreswan)	ELSA-2024-1998	2024-04-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (libreswan)	ELSA-2024-2033	2024-04-24
Oracle Linux version 9 (libreswan)	ELSA-2024-2565	2024-05-07

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