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medium 5.0

CVE-2004-0164 json

KAME IKE daemon (racoon) does not properly handle hash values, which allows remote attackers to delete certificates via (1) a certain delet…

published 2004-02-19 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0164

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.7%
EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

KAME IKE daemon (racoon) does not properly handle hash values, which allows remote attackers to delete certificates via (1) a certain delete message that is not properly handled in isakmp.c or isakmp_inf.c, or (2) a certain INITIAL-CONTACT message that is not properly handled in isakmp_inf.c.

Patch / fix

  • ipsec-tools RHEL 3 0.2.5-0.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:165

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0164 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:165

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23540)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23540 KAME Racoon - 'Initial Contact' SA Deletion dos, 2004-01-14

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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