CVE-2023-38711
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/release_notes/ocp-4-16-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.16/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11505 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/ocp-4-17-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11525 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.src as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debuginfo-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565 - Fixedlibreswan-debugsource-0:4.6-3.el9_0.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15redhat_csaf
See the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/release_notes/ocp-4-15-release-notes.html Details on how to access this content are available at https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.15/updating/updating-cluster-cli.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:11565
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (104)
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- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:vmware_vsphere
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHBA-2024:11505Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.28 packages and security update2025-01-02csaf · redhat_csafUS
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.16.28 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs.
- RHBA-2024:11525Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.10 packages and security update2025-01-02csaf · redhat_csafUS
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.17.10 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs.
- RHBA-2024:11565Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.42 packages update2025-01-02csaf · redhat_csafUS
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.15.42 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2853Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-38711/cnnvd
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/tagscnnvd
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38711/cnnvd
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/tagsenisa_euvd
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38711/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/tagsThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2023-38711/Third Party Advisorynvd
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