Bug 2036898 (CVE-2022-23094)

Summary: CVE-2022-23094 libreswan: Malicious IKEv1 packet can cause libreswan to restart
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: msiddiqu
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dueno, paul.wouters, sahana, security-response-team
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: libreswan 4.6 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in libreswan. A malformed packet that is being rejected triggers a logging action that causes a NULL pointer dereference issue, leading to a crash of the pluto daemon.
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Last Closed: 2022-01-24 15:00:41 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2036901, 2036902, 2036903, 2036904, 2040149    
Bug Blocks: 2036899    

Description msiddiqu 2022-01-04 11:17:32 UTC
A vulnerability was found in libreswan affecting libreswan 4.2 - 4.5, where a malformed packet that is being rejected triggers a logging action that causes a NULL pointer dereference leading to a crash of the pluto daemon.

Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2022-01-13 05:50:09 UTC
Created libreswan tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040149]

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2022-01-13 05:51:45 UTC
Upstream patches: https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2022-23094/

Comment 4 Paul Wouters 2022-01-14 18:14:35 UTC
note all fedora releases were fixed before this bug was created.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-01-19 19:29:09 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:0199 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0199

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-01-24 14:02:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2022:0239 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0239

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-01-24 15:00:39 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-23094