CVE-2004-0607

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The eay_check_x509cert function in KAME Racoon successfully verifies certificates even when OpenSSL validation fails, which could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Affected products

Ipsec-Tools: 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3_rc1, 0.3_rc2, 0.3_rc3 (+2)
Kame Racoon: 2003-07-11, 2004-04-05, 2004-04-07b, 2004-05-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108726102304507&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108731967126033&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11863
http://secunia.com/advisories/11877
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-17.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010495
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=245982
http://www.osvdb.org/7113
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-308.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10546
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16414

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