CVE-2005-3671

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3671
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-18 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Openswan 2 (openswan-2) before 2.4.4, and freeswan in SUSE LINUX 9.1 before 2.04_1.5.4-1.23, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a crafted packet using 3DES with an invalid key length, or (2) unspecified inputs when Aggressive Mode is enabled and the PSK is known, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Frees Wan Frees Wan 2.04 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.1.1 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.1.2 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.1.4 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.1.5 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.1.6 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.2 All All All
Application Openswan Openswan 2.3 All All All
Application Xelerance Openswan 2.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0138.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Secunia - Advisories - Openswan ISAKMP IKE Message Processing Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Openswan, IPsec-Tools: Vulnerabilities in ISAKMP Protocol implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
NISCC-273756: ISAKMP プロトコルの実装に複数の脆弱性 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jvn.jp
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for ipsec-tools / freeswan / openswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#226364 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Openswan IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for openswan / ipsec-tools af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - #0161 - Re: [ GLSA 200512-04 ] Openswan, IPsec-Tools: Vulnerabilities in ISAK MP Protocol implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: openswan-2.4.4-1.0.FC4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Openswan: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openswan.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Openswan IKE Processing Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 3 Update: openswan-2.4.4-0.FC3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20051114-01014.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.niscc.gov.uk Vendor Advisory
www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c09/isakmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ee.oulu.fi Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for openswan af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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