Description
Libreswan 4.2 through 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted IKEv1 packet because pluto/ikev1.c wrongly expects that a state object exists. This is fixed in 4.6.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/issues/585Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2022-23094Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMIHAXWQUJAPCIGNJ5J5Q6ASWQBU7T5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFZ7WP5LNNBW5ADIOPDSPQ23SXZJRNMP/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5048Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/issues/585Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2022-23094Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMIHAXWQUJAPCIGNJ5J5Q6ASWQBU7T5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFZ7WP5LNNBW5ADIOPDSPQ23SXZJRNMP/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5048Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 15, 2022
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified