IPSec-Tools IKE Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:15523

Info

IPSec-Tools IKE Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15523
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-3732
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2006 08:35PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to NISCC, CERT-FI, and the Oulu University Secure Programming Group.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6.2
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6.1
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5.2
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5.1
IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Redhat Fedora Core2
 Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6.3

Discussion

IPSec-Tools IKE Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

IPsec-Tools is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to handle exceptional conditions when in 'AGGRESSIVE' mode.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the application, thus denying service to legitimate users.

These vulnerabilities were discovered by, and may be reproduced by, the University of Oulu Secure Programming Group PROTOS IPSec Test Suite.

Exploit / POC

IPSec-Tools IKE Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

This issue can be reproduced with the PROTOS IPSec Test Suite.

Solution / Fix

IPSec-Tools IKE Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

NOTE: The vendor has addressed this issue in IPsec-Tools version 0.6.3.


IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5

IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5.1

IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.5.2

IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6

IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6.1

IPsec-Tools IPsec-Tools 0.6.2

References

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report