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CVE-2004-0164

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0164 describes a vulnerability in the KAME IKE daemon (racoon) where improper handling of hash values allows remote attackers to delete certificates. This flaw can be triggered by specially crafted delete messages or INITIAL-CONTACT messages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial integrity impact. While there is an ExploitDB entry for an "Initial Contact" SA Deletion, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it lacks community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
all_versionsCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kame:racoon:all_versions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23540 · Jan 14, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0666 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ipsec-tools-0:0.2.5-0.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0164Moderate

security flaw

Jan 13, 2004

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-001.txt.asc
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/14117
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/14118
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A947
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9737
securityfocus.com / bid/9416
securityfocus.com / bid/9417