CVE-2008-3652

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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).

Affected products

Ipsec-Tools: all versions

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31478
http://secunia.com/advisories/31624
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
http://secunia.com/advisories/32971
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-03.xml
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=48a0c7a0.qPeWZAE0PY8bDDq%2B%25olel%40ans.pl&forum_name=ipsec-tools-devel
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

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