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CVE-2009-1632

Published: May 14, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 20.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Multiple memory leaks in Ipsec-tools before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) signature verification during user authentication with X.509 certificates, related to the eay_check_x509sign function in src/racoon/crypto_openssl.c; and (2) the NAT-Traversal (aka NAT-T) keepalive implementation, related to src/racoon/nattraversal.c.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

The CentOS Project
oss-project·USaka centos
CentOSOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ipsec-tools
oss-project
ipsec-toolsLibrary
Security Products / secure-gateway-vpn
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://lwn.net/Alerts/333749
lwn.net
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-785-1
ubuntu.com
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=74601&release_id=677611
sourceforge.net
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