- Description
- The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.1
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
- Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1198 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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