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TI-2004-00131 Aliases CVE-2004-0155GHSA-m5jg-5w4m-4mhc

The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon, when authenticating a peer during Phase 1, validates the…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon, when authenticating a peer during Phase 1, validates the X.509 certificate but does not verify the RSA signature authentication, which allows remote attackers to establish unauthorized IP connections or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks using a valid, trusted X.509 certificate.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03625 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kame:racoon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableKame
  • cpe:2.3:a:kame:racoon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Kame

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2004:165 Released 2004-05-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    ipsec-tools security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:165
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:165
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:165
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2004:165

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0155
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m5jg-5w4m-4mhc

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 3

  • TI-2004-00548 The eay_check_x509cert function in KAME Racoon successfully verifies certificates even… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00140 KAME IKE daemon (racoon) does not properly handle hash values, which allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-00369 Racoon before 20040408a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2004-00358 racoon before 20040407b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-00357 The KAME racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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