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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2004-0607 json

The eay_check_x509cert function in KAME Racoon successfully verifies certificates even when OpenSSL validation fails, which could allow rem…

published 2004-06-30 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0606

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The eay_check_x509cert function in KAME Racoon successfully verifies certificates even when OpenSSL validation fails, which could allow remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Patch / fix

  • ipsec-tools RHEL 3 0.2.5-0.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:308

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-2004-0607 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ipsec-tools 0.2.5-0.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:308

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.