CVE-2008-1198

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/03/2008

Last modified:

03/02/2022

Description

The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

7.10

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-1198

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools