CVE-2022-23094

Public Exploit

Description

Libreswan 4.2 through 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a crafted IKEv1 packet because pluto/ikev1.c wrongly expects that a state object exists. This is fixed in 4.6.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.15% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2022-23094 third party advisory
https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan/issues/585 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5048 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFZ7WP5LNNBW5ADIOPDSPQ23SXZJRNMP/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMIHAXWQUJAPCIGNJ5J5Q6ASWQBU7T5/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-23094?
CVE-2022-23094 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-23094?
To fix CVE-2022-23094, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-23094 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-23094 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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