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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-33
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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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
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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
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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?
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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@xxxxxxxxxx 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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