Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2005-0398 is a remote denial-of-service issue in the KAME racoon daemon used by ipsec-tools before 0.5. A malformed ISAKMP packet can crash the daemon, potentially interrupting IPsec VPN negotiation or availability. The supplied sources do not indicate data theft, privilege escalation, or active exploitation. Exposure is most likely on legacy systems running racoon from ipsec-tools before 0.5, especially VPN or IPsec endpoints reachable by untrusted networks. Modern systems are unlikely to be affected unless they retain old packages or embedded distributions. Prioritize if legacy IPsec VPN infrastructure is still present or internet-reachable. For current, patched environments, this is mainly an inventory hygiene issue. The business impact is service disruption, not confirmed data compromise. Mitigation focus: Identify any systems still running racoon or ipsec-tools.; Upgrade ipsec-tools to 0.5 or vendor-supported fixed packages.; Check Red Hat, Gentoo, Mandriva, or relevant vendor guidance for legacy platforms..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=109966&action=viewCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- racoon-isakmp-header-dos(19707)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10028CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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