CVE-2016-3071
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an...
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
- Record
CVE-2016-3071- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
- Record
CVE-2016-3071- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4142 No score
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4142- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m999-fwg7-3vpp
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an...
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
- Record
GHSA-m999-fwg7-3vpp- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Libreswan 3.16 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via an IKEv2 aes_xcbc transform.
- Record
CVE-2016-3071- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3071 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libreswan, published April 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.53%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182130.html
securityfocus.com/bid/87295
download.libreswan.org/CHANGES
libreswan.org/security/CVE-2016-3071/CVE-2016-3071.txt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3071
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m999-fwg7-3vpp