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CVE-2016-5361
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-16T14:59:51.890 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:17.090

Summary

programs/pluto/ikev1.c in libreswan before 3.17 retransmits in initial-responder states, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed UDP packet. NOTE: the original behavior complies with the IKEv1 protocol, but has a required security update from the libreswan vendor; as of 2016-06-10, it is expected that several other IKEv1 implementations will have vendor-required security updates, with separate CVE IDs assigned to each.

Affected products

libreswan — libreswan

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References

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