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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-38711

CVE-2023-38711

Description

An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv1 Quick Mode connection configured with ID_IPV4_ADDR or ID_IPV6_ADDR receives an IDcr payload with ID_FQDN, a NULL pointer dereference causes a crash and restart of the pluto daemon. NOTE: the earliest affected version is 4.6.

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Affected products

4
  • Libreswan/Libreswan3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.6,<4.12
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: >=4.6,<4.12
  • osv-coords
    pkg:rpm/almalinux/libreswan
    Range: < 4.12-1.el9

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