CVE-2018-5389

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Description

The Internet Key Exchange v1 main mode is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. Reusing a key pair across different versions and modes of IKE could lead to cross-protocol authentication bypasses. It is well known, that the aggressive mode of IKEv1 PSK is vulnerable to offline dictionary or brute force attacks. For the main mode, however, only an online attack against PSK authentication was thought to be feasible. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to recover a weak Pre-Shared Key or enable the impersonation of a victim host or network.

References

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity18/sec18-felsch.pdf

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/857035

https://web-in-security.blogspot.com/2018/08/practical-dictionary-attack-on-ipsec-ike.html

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K42378447

https://blogs.cisco.com/security/great-cipher-but-where-did-you-get-that-key

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-06

Updated: 2024-06-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium