KAME Racoon "Authentication" SA Deletion Vulnerability

BID:9416

Info

KAME Racoon "Authentication" SA Deletion Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9416
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0164
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 16 2007 11:07PM
Credit: Discovered by Thomas Walpuski <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SCO Unixware 7.1.4
KAME Racoon
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.6.1
+ NetBSD NetBSD 1.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

KAME Racoon "Authentication" SA Deletion Vulnerability

Reportedly, attackers may be able to remotely delete security associations (SAs) in hosts running the KAME IKE daemon, Racoon. The issue presents itself when Racoon receives a delete message containing the initiator cookie of a main/aggressive/base mode that has not yet set up an ISAKMP security association.

Exploit / POC

KAME Racoon "Authentication" SA Deletion Vulnerability

Though no exploit code is available, a detailed description of an attack that exploits this vulnerability is included in the message by Thomas Walpuski <[email protected]>. See the references for details.

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

Solution / Fix

KAME Racoon "Authentication" SA Deletion Vulnerability

Solution:
NetBSD has released an advisory that includes updates. Please see the references for details.


KAME Racoon

SCO Unixware 7.1.4

References

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