CVE-2015-3240

The pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart) via a zero DH g^x value in a KE payload in a IKE packet.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.html
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033418
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77536
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-13

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-11-09 08:59

Updated : 2023-02-12 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2015-3240

Mitre link : CVE-2015-3240

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-189

Numeric Errors

Products Affected

libreswan

libreswan

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