CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3732

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The IKEv1 implementation in racoon (ipsec-tools before 0.6.3) in aggressive mode is vulnerable to a DoS attack via crafted IKE packets, causing a null pointer dereference and crash.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the IPSec service, leading to disruption of secure network communication and potential system unavailability.

Recommendation

Immediately update ipsec-tools to version 0.6.3 or later, which includes the fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation (isakmp_agg.c) in racoon in ipsec-tools before 0.6.3, when running in aggressive mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null dereference and crash) via crafted IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS