SafeNet High Assurance Remote IPSecDrv.sys denial of service

safenet-ipsecdrv-dos (34775) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

SafeNet High Assurance Remote is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the IPSecDrv.sys. By sending a malformed IPV6 packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop and consume all available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 3
  Exploitability: Proof-Of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Unavailable
  Report Confidence: Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.

References:

  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri Jun 08 2007 - 08:02:08 CDT: SafeNET High Assurance Remote/SoftRemote (IPSecDrv.sys) remote DoS.
  • SafeNET Web site: High Assurance VPN Remote Access Software.
  • BID-24385: SafeNET High Assurance Remote and SoftRemote IPSecDrv.SYS Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-3157: IPSecDrv.sys 10.4.0.12 in SafeNET High Assurance Remote 1.4.0 Build 12, and SoftRemote, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via an invalid packet with certain bytes in an option header, possibly related to the IPv6 support for IPSec.
  • OSVDB ID: 37137: SafeNet Multiple Products IPSecDrv.sys Crafted Packet Remote DoS
  • SA25574: SafeNet Products "IPSecDrv.sys" IPv6 Support Denial of Service

Platforms Affected:

  • RedHat Linux
  • SafeNet High Assurance Remote and SoftRemote 10.4.0.12

Reported:

Jun 08, 2007

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