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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2002-0666
FreeS/WAN/KAME IPSEC Denial of Service
Description

IPSEC implementations including (1) FreeS/WAN and (2) KAME do not properly calculate the length of authentication data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via spoofed, short Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) packets, which result in integer signedness errors.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 4, 2002, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2002-0666 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nec bluefire_ix1035_router
2 Nec ix1010
3 Nec ix1011
4 Nec ix1020
5 Nec ix1050
6 Nec ix2010
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple mac_os_x_server
1 Ibm aix
1 Freebsd freebsd
1 Netbsd netbsd
1 Frees_wan frees_wan
1 Global_technology_associates gnat_box_firmware
: Total Affected Vendor : 7 | Products : 13
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade the freeswan package. This problem has been fixed in version 1.96-1.4 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 1.99-1 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain Free/SWan packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2002-0666.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-016.txt.asc
http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_ipsec.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-201
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10411.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/459371 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6011
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-016.txt.asc
http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_ipsec.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-201
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10411.php Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/459371 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6011
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2002-0666 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2002-0666 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2002-0666 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-016.txt.asc
    Added Reference http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_ipsec.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-201
    Added Reference http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10411.php
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/459371
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6011
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.74 }} -0.23%

score

0.72145

percentile