CVE-2016-3071

7.5 HIGH
Published: April 18, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://download.libreswan.org/CHANGES
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182050.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182130.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87295
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-3071/CVE-2016-3071.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://download.libreswan.org/CHANGES
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182050.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182130.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87295
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-3071/CVE-2016-3071.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 CWE-310

Affected Vendors

libreswan fedoraproject

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