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libreswan — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1763

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.

Products
libreswan
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.32-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-1763
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1763

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 May 2020, 14:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1763

libreswan

Fixed versions: 3.32-1

libreswan

Fixed versions: 3.32-1

libreswan

Fixed versions: 3.32-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:01:42.232229130Z",
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