CVE-2015-3204 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Libreswan versions 3.9 through 3.12. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending specially crafted IKEv1 packets, either with unassigned bits set in the IPSEC DOI value or with the next payload value set to ISAKMP_NEXT_SAK, causing the daemon to restart. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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