Symantec Dynamic VPN Services IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:15516

Info

Symantec Dynamic VPN Services IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 15516
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 21 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 21 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to NISCC, CERT-FI, and the Oulu University Secure Programming Group.
Vulnerable: Symantec Gateway Security 5400 2.0.1
Symantec Gateway Security 5310 1.0
Symantec Gateway Security 5300 1.0
Symantec Gateway Security 5200 1.0
Symantec Gateway Security 5100
Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series 3.0
Symantec Gateway Security 400 2.0
Symantec Gateway Security 300 2.0
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200R
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200
Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 8.0 Solaris
Symantec Enterprise Firewall 8.0 NT/2000
Not Vulnerable: Symantec Clientless VPN Gateway 4400 Series 5.0

Discussion

Symantec Dynamic VPN Services IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Various Symantec products are prone to denial of service attacks. These issues are due to a failure of the product's IPSec implementation to properly handle malformed IKE packets.

Successful attacks will cause the ISAKMP service to crash, denying service to dynamic VPN tunnels.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Dynamic VPN Services IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

These issues can be reproduced with the PROTOS IPSec Test Suite.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Dynamic VPN Services IKE Traffic Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Symantec has released an advisory, along with fixes to address this issue. Symantec has made the fixes available via the Symantec Enterprise Support site. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

References

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