[ GLSA 200503-33 ] IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service

[Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200503-33
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: IPsec-Tools: racoon Denial of Service
      Date: March 25, 2005
      Bugs: #84479
        ID: 200503-33

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Synopsis
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IPsec-Tools' racoon is affected by a remote Denial of Service
vulnerability.

Background
==========

IPsec-Tools is a port of KAME's implementation of the IPsec utilities.
It contains a collection of network monitoring tools, including racoon,
ping, and ping6.

Affected packages
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     Package                   /  Vulnerable  /             Unaffected
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  1  net-firewall/ipsec-tools      < 0.5-r1                 *>= 0.4-r1
                                                             >= 0.5-r1

Description
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Sebastian Krahmer has reported a potential remote Denial of Service
vulnerability in the ISAKMP header parsing code of racoon.

Impact
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An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service of racoon using a
specially crafted ISAKMP packet.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All IPsec-Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-firewall/ipsec-tools-0.4-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0398
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0398
  [ 2 ] ipsec-tools-devel posting
        http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6787713&forum_id=32000

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-33.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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