Bug 458846 (CVE-2008-3652)
| Summary: | CVE-2008-3652 ipsec-tools: racoon orphaned ph1s memory leak | ||||||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Josh Bressers <bressers> | ||||
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | kreilly, skakar, tmraz | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2008-11-07 08:11:56 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | 458853, 458854, 458855, 458856, 458857, 465472, 465473, 465474 | ||||||
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Created attachment 314120 [details]
Upstream patch from CVS
CVE id CVE-2008-3652 was assigned to this issue: src/racoon/handler.c in racoon in ipsec-tools does not remove an "orphaned ph1" (phase 1) handle when it has been initiated remotely, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption). ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc8 ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc9 ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. ipsec-tools-0.7.1-5.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. This issue was addressed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0849.html Fedora: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-9016 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-9007 |
A flaw was discovered in the manner which racoon deals with ohphaned ph1s. The initial report of this states: Currently racoon does not remove orphaned ph1s initiated by a remote side. This creates a lot of problems, as such ph1s may stuck nearly forever. The thread can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=48a0c7a0.qPeWZAE0PY8bDDq%2B%25olel%40ans.pl&forum_name=ipsec-tools-devel