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title: "CVE-2016-10396\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-10396

Publication date 5 July 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10396?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The racoon daemon in IPsec-Tools 0.8.2 contains a remotely exploitable
computational-complexity attack when parsing and storing ISAKMP fragments.
The implementation permits a remote attacker to exhaust computational
resources on the remote endpoint by repeatedly sending ISAKMP fragment
packets in a particular order such that the worst-case computational
complexity is realized in the algorithm utilized to determine if reassembly
of the fragments can take place.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ipsec-tools | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Fixed 1:0.8.2+20140711-10 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 1:0.8.2+20140711-10 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 1:0.8.2+20140711-10 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 1:0.8.2+20140711-10 |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10396)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10396)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-10396)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10396)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3482-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3482-1)
+ ipsec-tools vulnerability
+ 16 November 2017

### Other references

* <http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/crypto/dist/ipsec-tools/src/racoon/isakmp_frag.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.5.36.1>
* <http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/crypto/dist/ipsec-tools/src/racoon/isakmp_frag.c?only_with_tag=MAIN>
* <https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=51682>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10396>