# CVE-2004-0403: Racoon before 20040408a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an ISAKMP packet with a large length f

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Racoon before 20040408a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an ISAKMP packet with a large length field.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:069
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A984
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009937
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ccd698df-8e20-11d8-90d1-0020ed76ef5a.html
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040506-01-U.asc
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15893
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11220
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108369640424244&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11877
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.10/SCOSA-2005.10.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11410
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-17.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=232288
- http://www.osvdb.org/5491
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-165.html
- http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/kame/kame/racoon/isakmp.c.diff?r1=1.180&r2=1.181

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