CVE-2015-3240
N/A
Published: November 9, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibreswan
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart) via a zero DH g^x value in a KE payload in a IKE packet.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txtMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-13Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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