CVE-2024-2357 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Libreswan, specifically affecting IKEv2 connections configured with PreSharedKeys. If a connection cannot find a matching secret and is automatically added on startup, it can lead to repeated restarts of the Libreswan service. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can be exploited remotely by an authenticated attacker, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Libreswan Project (Www.Libreswan.Org) | Libreswan | >= 4.2, <= 4.12CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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