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CVE-2005-2359

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-08-05 ipsec -- Incorrect key usage in AES-XCBC-MAC

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-2359
Phase Assigned(20050726)

Description

The AES-XCBC-MAC algorithm in IPsec in FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4, when used for authentication without other encryption, uses a constant key instead of the one that was assigned by the system administrator, which can allow remote attackers to spoof packets to establish an IPsec session.

References

Source Reference
FREEBSD FreeBSD-SA-05:19
BID 14394
SECTRACK 1014586
SECUNIA 16244
XF freebsd-aesxcbcmac-security-bypass(21551)