CVE-2008-1198

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 4.0, 3.0, 5.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48045
http://www.ernw.de/download/pskattack.pdf
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019563
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435274
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41053
http://secunia.com/advisories/48045
http://www.ernw.de/download/pskattack.pdf
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019563
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435274
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41053

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