CVE-2024-2357

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: March 11, 2024 Modified: April 15, 2026
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Description

The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart under some IKEv2 retransmit scenarios when a connection is configured to use PreSharedKeys (authby=secret) and the connection cannot find a matching configured secret. When such a connection is automatically added on startup using the auto= keyword, it can cause repeated crashes leading to a Denial of Service.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2024-2357
Source: d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJZJYFHKBIJ4ZK5GAWWFFR3AKJS6O5JX/
Source: d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEM46ALKF7NG6CAUKZ7KQERVOHWQIQKY/
Source: d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVQ7MZY6LFFGRWAJNTKKN2VSEFS2VPAR/
Source: d42dc95b-23f1-4e06-9076-20753a0fb0df
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2024-2357
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EJZJYFHKBIJ4ZK5GAWWFFR3AKJS6O5JX/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HEM46ALKF7NG6CAUKZ7KQERVOHWQIQKY/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TVQ7MZY6LFFGRWAJNTKKN2VSEFS2VPAR/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV