CVE-2016-10396 describes a remotely exploitable computational-complexity vulnerability in the racoon daemon of IPsec-Tools 0.8.2. An unauthenticated attacker can exhaust computational resources by sending specially crafted ISAKMP fragment packets, triggering a worst-case scenario in the reassembly algorithm. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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