Kame Racoon Invalid Cookie Handling Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12121

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Synopsis

The remote server is vulnerable to a denial of service.

Description

The remote system appears to have a problem with processing requests with invalid cookie values. At least one VPN product (racoon) demonstrates this flaw. Racoon is integrated with:

FreeBSD 4.0 and beyond OpenBSD 2.7 and beyond NetBSD 1.5 and beyond BSD/OS 4.2 and beyond

However, the bug has only been verified on FreeBSD systems.

An attacker may use this flaw to disable your VPN remotely.

Solution

If you are running racoon VPN, download and install the latest SNAP kit from http://www.kame.net/. If you are running a non-racoon VPN server that is crashing due to this check, consult your vendor for a fix.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12121

File Name: racoon_cookie_malloc_dos.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: Denial of Service

Published: 3/31/2004

Updated: 8/13/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

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