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TI-2008-03496 Aliases CVE-2008-3651GHSA-qh6x-3hwj-23q7

Memory leak in racoon/proposal.c in the racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.7.1 allows…

Priority LOW 23CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Memory leak in racoon/proposal.c in the racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via invalid proposals.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02316 83rd 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 · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.6VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.6 Vulnerable ·Linux
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:ipsec_tools_racoon_daemon:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0849 Released 2008-08-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    ipsec-tools security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3, ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.i386, ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.i386, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3, ipsec-tools-0.6.5-9.el5_2.3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.i386, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.i386, ipsec-tools-0.2.5-0.7.rhel3.5.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.i386, ipsec-tools-0.3.3-7.el4_7.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0849
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0849

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3651
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qh6x-3hwj-23q7

References

Advisory 9

Other 11

Sources

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