VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1763

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An out-of-bounds buffer read flaw was found in the pluto daemon of libreswan from versions 3.27 till 3.31 where, an unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash libreswan by sending specially-crafted IKEv1 Informational Exchange packets. The daemon respawns after the crash.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-125
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-125

Primary references