CVE-2023-2295 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libreswan library, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and 9.2, stemming from a regression in a prior CVE. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the pluto daemon by sending a crafted IKEv1 Aggressive Mode packet, leading to a high-severity impact on availability. While no remote code execution is possible, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.9-1.el8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:4.9-1.el8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9-1.el9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:4.9-1.el9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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