CVE-2024-2357
IKEv2 misconfiguration can cause libreswan to abort and restart
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Mar 11, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 9, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libreswanThe Libreswan Project (www.libreswan.org) |
|
References
- CVE-2024-2357vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJZJYFHKBIJ4ZK5GAWWFFR3AKJS6O5JX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEM46ALKF7NG6CAUKZ7KQERVOHWQIQKY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVQ7MZY6LFFGRWAJNTKKN2VSEFS2VPAR/
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