RockyLinux 8 : libreswan (RLSA-2023:7052)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 316324

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:7052 advisory.

* libreswan: Invalid IKEv2 REKEY proposal causes restart (CVE-2023-38710)

* libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 Quick Mode ID causes restart (CVE-2023-38711)

* libreswan: Invalid IKEv1 repeat IKE SA delete causes crash and restart (CVE-2023-38712)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libreswan, libreswan-debuginfo and / or libreswan-debugsource packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 316324

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7052.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 5/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libreswan, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libreswan-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libreswan-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38710, CVE-2023-38711, CVE-2023-38712

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