– Gravity: 2/4
– Consequences: denial of service of service
– Provenance: internet client
– Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
– Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
– Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
– Creation date: 07/10/2008

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

– Openswan

DESCRIPTION

The Openswan product implements IPsec for Linux.

Several memory leaks were announced:
– when there is no available file descriptors
– during Pluto (key management) usage
– in several unspecified locations

An attacker can therefore use several memory leaks in order to
progressively create a denial of service in Openswan.

CHARACTERISTICS

– Identifiers: VIGILANCE-VUL-8150
– Url: http://vigilance.aql.fr/vulnerability/8150