CVE-2020-1763

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1763
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-12 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds buffer read flaw was found in the pluto daemon of libreswan from versions 3.27 till 3.31 where, an unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libreswan by sending specially-crafted IKEv1 Informational Exchange packets. The daemon respawns after the crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreswan Libreswan 3.5 All All All
Application Libreswan Libreswan 3.5 All All All
Application Libreswan Libreswan All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II | CISA MISC us-cert.cisa.gov
1814541 – (CVE-2020-1763) CVE-2020-1763 libreswan: DoS attack via malicious IKEv1 informational exchange message CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4684-1 libreswan DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
libreswan.org/security/CVE-2020-1763/CVE-2020-1763.txt CONFIRM libreswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
security: Fix for CVE-2020-1763 · libreswan/libreswan@471a3e4 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-379803.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Libreswan: Denial of service (GLSA 202007-21) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bug Access Denied MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501057 Alpine Linux Security Update for libreswan
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