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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2008-1198 json

The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode…

published 2008-03-06 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1207

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.

Patch / fix

  • initscripts RHEL 5 8.45.42-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0312

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-2008-1198 updated cvss 2.6

initscripts: IPSec ifup script allows for aggressive IKE mode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 initscripts
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) initscripts 8.45.42-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) initscripts 8.45.42-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0312

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

2.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • ernw.de http://www.ernw.de/download/pskattack.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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