Unscored severity · published Nov 9, 2015
CVE-2015-3240
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…
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CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libreswan · Libreswan
3.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3240
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77536
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033418
Vendor Advisory
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.html
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