GLSA-200812-03 : IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 35020

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200812-03 (IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service)

Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been reported in racoon:
The vendor reported a memory leak in racoon/proposal.c that can be triggered via invalid proposals (CVE-2008-3651).
Krzysztof Piotr Oledzk reported that src/racoon/handler.c does not remove an 'orphaned ph1' (phase 1) handle when it has been initiated remotely (CVE-2008-3652).
Impact :

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All IPsec-Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-firewall/ipsec-tools-0.7.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35020

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200812-03.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 12/3/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ipsec-tools, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/2/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3651, CVE-2008-3652

BID: 30657

CWE: 200, 399

GLSA: 200812-03