{"cve":"CVE-2008-1198","nvd":{"published":"2008-03-06T21:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:12.847","status":"Modified","description":"The default IPSec ifup script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 through 5 configures racoon to use aggressive IKE mode instead of main IKE mode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute force attacks by sniffing an unencrypted preshared key (PSK) hash.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/48045","http://www.ernw.de/download/pskattack.pdf","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019563","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435274","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41053"],"products":["redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1198","score":0.02432,"percentile":0.84256,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}