CVE-2016-5361 in Libreswaninfo

Summary

programs/pluto/ikev1.c in libreswan before 3.17 retransmits in initial-responder states, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed UDP packet. NOTE: the original behavior complies with the IKEv1 protocol, but has a required security update from the libreswan vendor; as of 2016-06-10, it is expected that several other IKEv1 implementations will have vendor-required security updates, with separate CVE IDs assigned to each.

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Reservation

06/09/2016

Disclosure

06/16/2016

Entries

1: VDB-88028

CPE

ready

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

0.00953

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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