Vulnerability in Ipsec-Tools
CVE-2009-1632
Multiple memory leaks in Ipsec-tools before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) signature verification during user authentication with X.509 certificates, related to the eay_check_x509sign function in src/racoon/crypto_openssl.c; and (2) the NAT-Traversal (aka NAT-T) keepalive implementation, related to src/racoon/nattraversal.c.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ipsec-Tools — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-785-1 (vendor-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
- secunia.com/advisories/35159 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/crypto/dist/ipsec-tools/src/racoon/crypto_open…
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10581 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34765 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1036.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35404 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-1632?
- CVE-2009-1632 is a vulnerability in Ipsec-Tools, classified under CWE-399. Published 2009-05-14.
- Is CVE-2009-1632 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.