CVE-2004-0218 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

isakmpd in OpenBSD 3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISAKMP packet with a zero-length payload, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

Published: 2004-03-25

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 3.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0218	isakmpd in OpenBSD 3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISAKMP packet with a zero-length payload, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0299.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108008530028019&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11156
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/349113
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0018.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10028
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Mar/1009468.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15518

History

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Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-03-25T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.824Z

Reserved: 2004-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0218

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-05-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0218

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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