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title: "CVE-2015-4047\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4047

Publication date 22 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

racoon/gssapi.c in IPsec-Tools 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a
series of crafted UDP requests.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4047?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ipsec-tools | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:0.8.0-14+deb7u1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1.1 |

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## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

reported against ipsec-tools 0.8.2

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4047)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4047)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4047)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4047)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2623-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2623-1)
+ ipsec-tools vulnerability
+ 1 June 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/20/1>
* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/81>
* <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/83>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4047>
