CVE-2005-3671

Published: Nov 18, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Openswan 2 (openswan-2) before 2.4.4, and freeswan in SUSE LINUX 9.1 before 2.04_1.5.4-1.23, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a crafted packet using 3DES with an invalid key length, or (2) unspecified inputs when Aggressive Mode is enabled and the PSK is known, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

frees wan

oss-projectaka freeswan, frees-wan

frees wanOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

openswan

oss-projectaka linux-patch-openswan

openswanOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

xelerance

commercialaka openswan

openswanOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

Novell Inc.

commercial·US

SUSE Linux EnterpriseOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0138.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0161.html

archives.neohapsis.com

http://jvn.jp/niscc/NISCC-273756/index.html

jvn.jp

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