CVE-2005-0398 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the KAME racoon daemon by sending malformed ISAKMP packets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2005-0398?

CVE-2005-0398 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 26 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The KAME racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed ISAKMP packets.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0398?

It affects 7 products.

Linux distribution packages (16)
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions0:0.2.5-0.7
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.3.3-6
ipsec-tools-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.3.3-6

Products include Altlinux Alt Linux, Ipsec-Tools Ipsec-Tools, Kame Racoon, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Sgi Propack and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0398?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-0398 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0398 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-87q5-cpgj-vj92, RHSA-2005:232.

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