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CVE-2024-3652 (GCVE-0-2024-3652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-11 01:32 – Updated: 2026-02-27 15:19
VLAI
Title
IKEv1 default AH/ESP responder can cause libreswan to abort and restart
Summary
The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart when using IKEv1 without specifying an esp= line. When the peer requests AES-GMAC, libreswan's default proposal handler causes an assertion failure and crashes and restarts. IKEv2 connections are not affected.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-11 17:26 UTC
CWE
  • IKEv1 with default AH/ESP configuration can cause libreswan to abort and restart
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Libreswan Project (www.libreswan.org) libreswan Affected: 3.22 , ≤ 4.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.0
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Date Public
2024-04-12 21:00
Credits
github user X1AOxiang
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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