# CVE-2002-0666: IPSEC implementations including (1) FreeS/WAN and (2) KAME do not properly calculate the length of authentication data, which allows remote

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-10-25 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

IPSEC implementations including (1) FreeS/WAN and (2) KAME do not properly calculate the length of authentication data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via spoofed, short Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets, which result in integer signedness errors.

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## Related

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## References

- http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_ipsec.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10411.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6011
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-201
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/459371
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-016.txt.asc

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