SB2017061385 - NULL pointer dereference in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: June 13, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017061385
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5391)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
libreswan before 3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and pluto daemon restart).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356183
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-5391/CVE-2016-5391.txt
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65R6OA5AY7K2UBQUDOLOS5Y3SCULQI6I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKMS7R4TG6LTAGEBOWVUXF6LAWQXLNXV/