RLSA-2023:7052

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:7052
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:7052.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:7052
Upstream
Published
2026-05-21T16:24:56.966088Z
Modified
2026-05-21T17:00:03.889496191Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: libreswan security update
Details

Libreswan is an implementation of IPsec and IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks such as virtual private network (VPN).

Security Fix(es):

  • libreswan: Invalid IKEv2 REKEY proposal causes restart (CVE-2023-38710)

  • libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 Quick Mode ID causes restart (CVE-2023-38711)

  • libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 repeat IKE SA delete causes crash and restart (CVE-2023-38712)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / libreswan

Package

Name
libreswan
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libreswan?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:4.12-2.el8_10.3
Database specific
{
    "yum_repository": "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:7052.json"