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CVE-2023-38712

An issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x and 4.x before 4.12. When an IKEv1 ISAKMP SA Informational Exchange packet contains a Delete/Notify payload followed by further Notifies that act on the ISAKMP SA such as a duplicated Delete/Notify message a NULL pointer dereference on the deleted state causes the pluto daemon to crash and restart.

CVSS score

6.5

EPSS probability

%0.8

Risk score

0.1

Published

3 y ago

Vulnerability Timeline (Change History)

CVE-2023-38712 historical changes made to the vulnerability by NVD, CISA and MITRE:

DateActor / SourceAction / DescriptionTypePrevious valueNew value
30.10.2026nvd@nist.govInitial Analysis & CVSS Vector AssignmentCVSS V3.1—CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
08.08.2023CISA CoordinatorSSVC Risk Re-assessmentSSVC / KEVexploitation: noneexploitation: none
08.08.2023MITRE / NVDNew CVE Record Received & IngestedCVE Created—CVE-2023-38712

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CVE-2023-38712 · An issue was discovered in Libreswan 3.x…