CVE-2015-3240
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189
Numeric Errors
Publication date:
09/11/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart) via a zero DH g^x value in a KE payload in a IKE packet.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033418
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt
- https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-13
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033418
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt
- https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-13



