# CVE-2008-3651: Memory leak in racoon/proposal.c in the racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of ser

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-08-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Memory leak in racoon/proposal.c in the racoon daemon in ipsec-tools before 0.7.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via invalid proposals.

## What to do

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## References

- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2345
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:181
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=20080724084529.GA3768%40zen.inc
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30657
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32971
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2844
- http://marc.info/?l=ipsec-tools-devel&m=121688914101709&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-03.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020667
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31624
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31450
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-641-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44395

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