CVE-2009-1632 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory leaks in IPsec-tools during certificate verification or NAT traversal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-1632?
CVE-2009-1632 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 May 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in Ipsec-tools before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) signature verification during user authentication with X.509 certificates, related to the eay_check_x509sign function in src/racoon/crypto_openssl.c; and (2) the NAT-Traversal (aka NAT-T) keepalive implementation, related to src/racoon/nattraversal.c.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1632?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ipsec-Tools Ipsec-Tools.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1632?
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-2009-1632 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1632 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r3x2-g3qw-mvq3.