# CVE-2015-3240: The pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-11-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The pluto IKE daemon in libreswan before 3.15 and Openswan before 2.6.45, when built with NSS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon restart) via a zero DH g^x value in a KE payload in a IKE packet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1979.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77536
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-13
- https://libreswan.org/security/CVE-2015-3240/CVE-2015-3240.txt
- https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-August/023401.html

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