CVE-2020-1763

NameCVE-2020-1763
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds buffer read flaw was found in the pluto daemon of libreswan from versions 3.27 till 3.31 where, an unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libreswan by sending specially-crafted IKEv1 Informational Exchange packets. The daemon respawns after the crash.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4684-1
Debian Bugs960458

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libreswan (PTS)buster, buster (security)3.27-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye4.3-1+deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)4.3-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm4.10-2+deb12u1fixed
sid4.14-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libreswansourcebuster3.27-6+deb10u1DSA-4684-1
libreswansource(unstable)3.32-1960458

Notes

Introduced by: https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/fa004e7d4b83fbeaa8d0f6d8430a96aed97a97b9 (v3.27)
Fixed by: https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/commit/471a3e41a449d7c753bc4edbba4239501bb62ba8
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2020-1763/CVE-2020-1763.txt

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