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CVE-2024-3652

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  • Published2024-04-11
  • Fixed in4.15
  • WeaknessCWE-404

Am I affected?

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Description

The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart when using IKEv1 without specifying an esp= line. When the peer requests AES-GMAC, libreswan's default proposal handler causes an assertion failure and crashes and restarts. IKEv2 connections are not affected.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-04-1102:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Libreswan
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.15≥ 3.22, < 4.154.15

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • libreswanAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 4.12-2.el9_4.1
  • libreswanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 4.12-2.el8_10.4

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2024:4431 Red Hat Product Security13 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

  • RHSA-2024:4417 Red Hat Product Security15 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

  • RHSA-2024:4376 Red Hat Product Security13 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

  • RHSA-2024:4377 Red Hat Product Security13 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

  • RHSA-2024:4200 Red Hat Product Security13 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

  • RHSA-2024:4050 Red Hat Product Security13 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: libreswan security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Libreswan to 4.15
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:4431 · 13 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  3. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:4431 · 13 productsAn esp= line using a common IKEv1 algorithm list can be added to all IKEv1 based connections. An example of such an esp= line could be: ~~~ esp=aes-sha2_512,aes-sha1,aes-sha2_256,aes-md5,3des-sha1,3des-md5 ~~~

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-04-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-3652?

The Libreswan Project was notified of an issue causing libreswan to restart when using IKEv1 without specifying an esp= line. When the peer requests AES-GMAC, libreswan's default proposal handler causes an assertion failure and crashes and restarts. IKEv2 connections are not affected.

Is CVE-2024-3652 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-3652 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-3652?

CVE-2024-3652 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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