CVE-2015-3240

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3240
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-09 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:48:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart) via a zero DH g^x value in a KE payload in a IKE packet.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreswan Libreswan 3.14 All All All
Application Libreswan Libreswan 3.14 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Openswan Users] Openswan 2.6.45 released MLIST lists.openswan.org Vendor Advisory
1232320 – (CVE-2015-3240) CVE-2015-3240 libreswan / openswan: denial of service via IKE daemon restart when receiving a bad DH gx value MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Index of /security/CVE-2015-3240/ MISC libreswan.org
Openswan Diffie Hellman Parameter Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt CONFIRM libreswan.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Libreswan: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-3240 MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Libreswan and Openswan CVE-2015-3240 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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