High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5391
CVE-2016-5391
Description
libreswan before 3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and pluto daemon restart).
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-5391/CVE-2016-5391.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65R6OA5AY7K2UBQUDOLOS5Y3SCULQI6I/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKMS7R4TG6LTAGEBOWVUXF6LAWQXLNXV/nvd
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