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CVE-2004-0607: Kame Racoon: Authentication bypass

CVE-2004-0607 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Kame Racoon, along with 3 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

The eay_check_x509cert function in KAME Racoon successfully verifies certificates even when OpenSSL validation fails, which could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Kame Racoon: all versions listed by NVD; 2003-07-11; 2004-04-05; 2004-04-07b; 2004-05-03
  • IPsec Tools: 0.3; 0.3.1; 0.3.2; 0.3_rc1; 0.3_rc2; 0.3_rc3; 0.3_rc4; 0.3_rc5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

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