KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:10296

Info

KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10296
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0392
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 06 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:07AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to John Lampe <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SCO Unixware 7.1.4
KAME Racoon 20040405
KAME Racoon 20030711
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
KAME Racoon
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.6.1
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.6
Not Vulnerable: KAME Racoon 20040503
KAME Racoon 20040407b

Discussion

KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that KAME is affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability when processing malformed IKE messages. This issue is due to a failure of the daemon to properly handle malformed messages.

This issue can be leveraged to cause the affected daemon to enter an infinite loop; effectively denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The KAME project has released updates dealing with this issue.

SCO has released advisory SCOSA-2005.10 to address various issues in Racoon affecting UnixWare 7.1.4. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


KAME Racoon 20040405

KAME Racoon

KAME Racoon 20030711

SCO Unixware 7.1.4

References

KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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