Is CVE-2015-4047 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-4047 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-4047?

CVE-2015-4047 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2015-4047?

Patch guidance is available from ipsec-tools security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-4047.

CVE-2015-4047 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-4047?

45 products: ipsec-tools ipsec-tools, canonical ubuntu linux, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora, f5 big-ip application acceleration manager, and 40 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: IPSEC-TOOLS
Published: 5/29/2015
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

ipsec-tools : ipsec-toolscanonical : ubuntu_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraf5 : big-ip_application_acceleration_managerf5 : big-ip_application_acceleration_managerf5 : big-ip_application_acceleration_managerf5 : big-ip_local_traffic_managerf5 : big-ip_local_traffic_managerf5 : big-ip_local_traffic_managerf5 : big-ip_advanced_firewall_managerf5 : big-ip_advanced_firewall_managerf5 : big-ip_advanced_firewall_managerf5 : big-ip_analyticsf5 : big-ip_analyticsf5 : big-ip_analyticsf5 : big-ip_access_policy_managerf5 : big-ip_access_policy_managerf5 : big-ip_access_policy_managerf5 : big-ip_application_security_managerf5 : big-ip_application_security_managerf5 : big-ip_application_security_managerf5 : big-ip_domain_name_systemf5 : big-ip_domain_name_systemf5 : big-ip_edge_gatewayf5 : big-ip_global_traffic_managerf5 : big-ip_link_controllerf5 : big-ip_link_controllerf5 : big-ip_link_controllerf5 : big-ip_policy_enforcement_managerf5 : big-ip_policy_enforcement_managerf5 : big-ip_policy_enforcement_managerf5 : big-ip_protocol_security_managerf5 : big-ip_wan_optimization_managerf5 : big-ip_webacceleratorf5 : big-iq_adcf5 : big-iq_centralized_managementf5 : big-iq_cloudf5 : big-iq_cloud_and_orchestrationf5 : big-iq_devicef5 : big-iq_securityf5 : enterprise_managerdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD