It was discovered that there were multiple ways to leak memory during the IKE negotiation when handling certain packets. If a remote attacker sent repeated malicious requests, the “racoon” key exchange server could allocate large amounts of memory, possibly leading to a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
8 September 2008
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that there were multiple ways to leak memory during the IKE negotiation when handling certain packets. If a remote attacker sent repeated malicious requests, the “racoon” key exchange server could allocate large amounts of memory, possibly leading to a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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