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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-0155 json

The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon, when authenticating a peer during Phase 1, validates the X.509 certificate but does not verify the RSA signatur…

published 2004-04-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0155

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon, when authenticating a peer during Phase 1, validates the X.509 certificate but does not verify the RSA signature authentication, which allows remote attackers to establish unauthorized IP connections or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks using a valid, trusted X.509 certificate.

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-2004-0155 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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Exploit prediction

3.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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