Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-3651 is a memory leak in the racoon IPsec daemon from ipsec-tools before 0.7.1. An authenticated remote user can send invalid proposals that consume memory, potentially making VPN or IPsec services unavailable. Exposure is most likely on legacy systems running racoon from ipsec-tools before 0.7.1. Vendor references show downstream attention from Apple, Mandriva, Gentoo, and SUSE, but this bundle does not provide complete affected version matrices. Prioritize if racoon supports business-critical VPN or site-to-site IPsec connectivity. It is not marked actively exploited here, but service outage risk is real on unpatched legacy deployments. Mitigation focus: Upgrade ipsec-tools/racoon to 0.7.1 or a vendor-fixed package.; Check Apple, Mandriva, Gentoo, SUSE, or platform vendor advisories for backported fixes.; Limit IPsec/IKE access to trusted peers where operationally feasible..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10453CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456660CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- ipsectools-racoon-dos(44395)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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