Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

CVE-2008-1198

The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.

EPSS: 0.024 (82.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 4.0, 3.0, 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)