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racoon: failure to verify signatures

Package(s):ipsec-tools racoon CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0155
Created:April 7, 2004 Updated:August 19, 2004
Description: Versions of ipsec-tools prior to 0.2.5 contain a vulnerability wherein the racoon utility fails to verify digital signatures on some packets. This hole can lead to unauthorized connections or man-in-the-middle attacks. See this advisory for details.
Alerts:
Whitebox WBSA-2004:308-01 2004-08-19
Mandrake MDKSA-2004:027 2004-04-08
Gentoo 200404-05 2004-04-07
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