Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: libreswan / libreswan-debuginfo / libreswan-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_7052)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 356479

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-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 CIQ 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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_7052.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7052

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2215952

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225368

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225369

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:7052

http://www.nessus.org/u?64aa0d2e

http://www.nessus.org/u?cdc0149f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 356479

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_7052.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

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