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Debian Security Advisory DSA 965-1 (ipsec-tools)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ipsec-tools announced via advisory DSA 965-1. The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in racoon from ipsec-tools, IPsec tools for Linux, try to dereference a NULL pointer under certain conditions which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain ipsec-tools.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your racoon package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20965-1