CVE-2008-1198
Published Mar 6, 2008
Last updated 3 years ago
Overview
- 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
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
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
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Vendor comments
- 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.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "CF6847B7-2D5A-496A-A177-41164D4DE9E0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "40D8DAE0-8E75-435C-9BD6-FAEED2ACB47C"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1D8B549B-E57B-4DFE-8A13-CAB06B5356B3"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]