FreeBSD : racoon -- remote denial-of-service (3b260179-e464-460d-bf9f-d5cda6204020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18903

Synopsis

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

Description

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the racoon ISAKMP daemon could be crashed with a maliciously crafted UDP packet. No authentication is required in order to perform the attack.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c02c5b89

http://www.nessus.org/u?8caa0cda

http://www.nessus.org/u?41daa3e8

http://www.nessus.org/u?65794b33

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18903

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3b260179e464460dbf9fd5cda6204020.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:racoon, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0398