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Debian DSA-1299-1 : ipsec-tools - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25455

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that a specially crafted packet sent to the racoon ipsec key exchange server could cause a tunnel to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) isn't affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the racoon package.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.6.6-3.1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1299

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25455

File Name: debian_DSA-1299.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ipsec-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1841

DSA: 1299