CVE catalog
CVE-2023-38712
libreswan: CVE-2023-38712
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.81% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libreswan | sid | 5.2-2.5 | fixed |
| Debian | libreswan | forky | 5.2-2.5 | fixed |
| Debian | libreswan | trixie | 5.2-2.2 | fixed |
| Debian | libreswan | bookworm | 4.10-2+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libreswan | source | sid | 4.12-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libreswan | source | forky | 4.12-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libreswan | source | trixie | 4.12-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libreswan | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2023_7052.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-38712]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38712]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2853.json]
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