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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200705-05 ] Quagga: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Quagga: Denial of Service (GLSA 200705-05)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: May 02, 2007
Bug(s): #174206
ID: 200705-05
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in Quagga allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background
Quagga is a free routing daemon, supporting RIP, OSPF and BGP protocols.
Affected Packages
Package: net-misc/quagga
Vulnerable: < 0.98.6-r2
Unaffected: >= 0.98.6-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
The Quagga development team reported a vulnerability in the BGP routing deamon when processing NLRI attributes inside UPDATE messages.
Impact
A malicious peer inside a BGP area could send a specially crafted packet to a Quagga instance, possibly resulting in a crash of the Quagga daemon.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Quagga users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/quagga-0.98.6-r2" |
References
CVE-2007-1995 |
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