CVE-2009-1632: ipsec-tools Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-1632 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ipsec-tools. EPSS estimates a 2.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 14-05-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.02%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.02% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ipsec-tools1 product
- ipsec-tools≤ 0.7.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.2 | 0.2.3 | 0.2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3:rc1 | 0.3:rc2 | 0.3:rc3 | 0.3:rc4 | 0.3:rc5 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.3_rc1 | 0.3_rc2 | 0.3_rc3 | 0.3_rc4 | 0.3_rc5 | 0.4 | 0.4:rc1 | 0.5 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.6 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.6.5 | 0.6.6 | 0.6.7 | 0.7
1 vendor · 1 product
References
26 links- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=74601&release_id=677611X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10581VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
Show all 26 references
- trac.ipsec-tools.net/ticket/303X Refsource CONFIRM
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705X Refsource CONFIRM
- cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3937X Refsource CONFIRM