CVE-2016-3071
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Affected | — |
| 23 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libreswan | libreswan | 3.16 | |
References
- http://download.libreswan.org/CHANGES
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182050.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182130.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87295
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-3071/CVE-2016-3071.txt
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3071
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.