Debian DSA-965-1 : ipsec-tools - null dereference

critical Nessus Plugin ID 22831

Synopsis

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

Description

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in racoon from ipsec-tools, IPsec tools for Linux, try to dereference a NULL pointer under certain conditions which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the racoon package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain ipsec-tools.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340584

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-965

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 22831

File Name: debian_DSA-965.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ipsec-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, CVE-2005-3668, CVE-2005-3732

BID: 15523

DSA: 965