Description
Racoon before 20040408a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an ISAKMP packet with a large length field.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 3 | ipsec-tools | 0.2.5-0.4 | RHSA-2004:165 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2004:165 Red Hat Security Advisory: ipsec-tools security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- MDKSA-2004:069 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:984 vdb-entry signature
- 1009937 vdb-entry
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ccd698df-8e20-11d8-90d1-0020ed76ef5a.html
- racoon-isakmp-dos(15893) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11220 vdb-entry signature
- APPLE-SA-2004-05-03 vendor-advisory
- 11877 third-party-advisory
- 10172 vdb-entry
- 11410 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200404-17 vendor-advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=232288
- 5491 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2004:165 vendor-advisory
- http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/kame/racoon/isakmp.c.diff?r1=1.180&r2=1.181