CVE-2005-3671 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IKEv1 implementation in Openswan 2 (before 2.4.4) and FreeS/WAN in SUSE LINUX 9.1 (before 2.04_1.5.4-1.23). Attackers can trigger this by sending crafted packets with an invalid 3DES key length or, if Aggressive Mode is enabled and the Pre-Shared Key (PSK) is known, via unspecified inputs. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact on availability. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, making it a significant threat to affected systems. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frees_wan:frees_wan:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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