Racoon ISAKMP packet denial of service
| racoon-isakmp-dos (15893) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Racoon is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted ISAKMP packet containing a long length field, a remote attacker could consume all available resources, which would result in a denial of service.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Racon (20040408a or later), available from the Racoon Web page. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of ipsec (0.3.1 or later) and iputils (021109-r3 or later), as listed in GLSA 200404-17. See References.
For Mandrake Linux:
Upgrade to the latest ipsec package, as listed below. Refer to MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:069 : ipsec-tools for more information. See References.
Mandrake Linux 10.0: 0.2.5-0.2.100mdk or later
For SCO UnixWare 7.1.4:
Upgrade to the appropriate fixed binaries, as listed in SCO Security Advisory SCOSA-2005.10. See References.
For Conectiva Linux 10.0:
Upgrade to the latest version of ipsec-tools (0.5.2 or later), as listed in Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2005:971. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Conectiva Linux Security Announcement CLSA-2005:971: Fixes for ipsec-tools.
- FreeBSD VuXML Web page: racoon remote denial of service vulnerability (ISAKMP header length field).
- GLSA 200404-17: ipsec-tools and iputils contain a remote DoS vulnerability.
- Racoon ChangeLog Web page: RCS file: /cvsroot/kame/kame/kame/kame/racoon/isakmp.c,v.
- Racoon Web page: Racoon.
- SCO Security Advisory: SCOSA-2005.10.
- BID-10172: KAME Racoon Malformed ISAKMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
- BID-10296: KAME Racoon Remote IKE Message Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0392: racoon before 20040407b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and dropped connections) via an IKE message with a malformed Generic Payload Header containing invalid (1) Security Association Next Payload and (2) RESERVED fields.
- CVE-2004-0403: Racoon before 20040408a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an ISAKMP packet with a large length field.
- GLSA-200404-17: ipsec-tools and iputils contain a remote DoS vulnerability
- MDKSA-2004:069: Updated ipsec-tools packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- OSVDB ID: 5491: KAME Racoon ISAKMP Header Length DoS
- RHSA-2004-165: ipsec-tools security update
- SA11410: KAME Racoon ISAKMP Header Length Field Denial of Service
- SA11877: IPsec-Tools Denial of Service and Certificate Validation Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1009937: Racoon Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Large ISAKMP Length Values
Platforms Affected:
- Conectiva Linux 10
- Gentoo Linux
- KAME Project Racoon prior to 20040408a
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
Reported:
Apr 14, 2004
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