CVE-2005-3732

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation (isakmp_agg.c) in racoon in ipsec-tools before 0.6.3, when running in aggressive mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null dereference and crash) via crafted IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1.

Published: 2005-11-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3732 is rated Moderate Risk (57.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.57%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3732

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 16.17% 4.57% -11.60%
2 2026-03-02 18.86% 16.17% -2.69%
3 2025-03-30 18.86%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3732

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3732

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3732

vendor priority summary link
gentoo low CVE-2005-3732: 1 GLSA(s) (200512-04), 2 atom(s) (net-firewall/ipsec-tools, net-misc/openswan); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3732
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3732
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3732 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ipsec-tools), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3732

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3732

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipsec-tools ipsec-tools 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipsec-tools:ipsec-tools:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3732

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-12/0161.html
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ipsec-tools/ipsec-tools/src/racoon/isakmp_agg.c?r1=1.20.2.3&r2=1.20.2.4&diff_format=u Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0267.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17668 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17822 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17980 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18115 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18616
http://secunia.com/advisories/18742 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19833 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015254
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9017454&forum_id=32000
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-965
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c09/isakmp/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:020
http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20051114-01014.pdf?lang=en
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_70_ipsec.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436343/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15523 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2521 Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9857
https://usn.ubuntu.com/221-1/
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