Missing Required Cryptographic Step Affecting libreswan package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBRESWAN-1329175
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Aug 2018

Introduced: 14 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-5389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libreswan.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreswan package and not the libreswan package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Internet Key Exchange v1 main mode is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. Reusing a key pair across different versions and modes of IKE could lead to cross-protocol authentication bypasses. It is well known, that the aggressive mode of IKEv1 PSK is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. For the main mode, however, only an online attack against PSK authentication was thought to be feasible. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to recover a weak Pre-Shared Key or enable the impersonation of a victim host or network.