NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libreswan-debugsource package, versions <0:4.12-2.el8_10.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBRESWANDEBUGSOURCE-16793482
  • published22 May 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2023

Introduced: 25 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38711  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libreswan-debugsource to version 0:4.12-2.el8_10.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:7052.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in Libreswan before 4.12. When an IKEv1 Quick Mode connection configured with ID_IPV4_ADDR or ID_IPV6_ADDR receives an IDcr payload with ID_FQDN, a NULL pointer dereference causes a crash and restart of the pluto daemon. NOTE: the earliest affected version is 4.6.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1