ipsec-tools vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-1841  

A flaw was discovered in the IPSec key exchange server “racoon”. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted packet and disrupt established IPSec tunnels, leading to a denial of service.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

9 April 2007

ipsec-tools vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Ubuntu 5.10

Software Description

Details

A flaw was discovered in the IPSec key exchange server “racoon”. Remote attackers could send a specially crafted packet and disrupt established IPSec tunnels, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.10
racoon - 1:0.6.6-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
racoon - 1:0.6.5-4ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 5.10
racoon - 1:0.6-1ubuntu1.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

References