CVE-2008-1198

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1198
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-06 21:44:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-03 19:56:00 UTC
DescriptionThe default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Application Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 All All All
Application Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.ernw.de/download/pskattack.pdf MISC www.ernw.de Exploit
Bug 435274 – CVE-2008-1198 IPSec ifup script allows for aggressive IKE mode CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Default IPSec Script Uses IKE Aggressive Mode - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-03-07Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1198 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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