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Scientific Linux Security Advisory: ipsec-tools Denial Of Service Issues

Calendar Aug 27, 2008 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory denial of service security update ipsec-tools Scientific Linux
Important: ipsec-tools security update 
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for ipsec-tools on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: ipsec-tools security update
Issue date:	2008-08-26
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-3651 CVE-2008-3652

Two denial of service flaws were found in the ipsec-tools racoon daemon. It
was possible for a remote attacker to cause the racoon daemon to consume
all available memory. (CVE-2008-3651, CVE-2008-3652)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.src.rpm
 i386:
ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.src.rpm
 i386:
ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.src.rpm
 i386:
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson