CVE-2016-5391 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5391?

CVE-2016-5391 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libreswan before 3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and pluto daemon restart).

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5391?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Libreswan Libreswan.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-5391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hp5p-v8v6-q6h6.