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TI-2016-02571 Aliases CVE-2016-3071GHSA-m999-fwg7-3vpp

Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart)…

Priority LOW 38CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02526 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.16VulnerableThe Libreswan Project
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*24VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:libreswan:libreswan:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.16 Vulnerable ·The Libreswan Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-3071
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m999-fwg7-3vpp

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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