CVE-2008-3651 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in the racoon daemon of ipsec-tools.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3651?
CVE-2008-3651 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Aug 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in racoon/proposal.c in the racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via invalid proposals.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3651?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux Ipsec Tools Racoon Daemon.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3651?
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-2008-3651 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3651 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qh6x-3hwj-23q7.