GLSA 200705-05: Quagga: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Quagga: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 05/02/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| 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 | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-misc/quagga | < 0.98.6-r2 | >= 0.98.6-r2 | 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:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/quagga-0.98.6-r2"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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