GLSA 201310-08: Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:10/10/2013
Bugs: #408507, #475706
ID:201310-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Quagga is a free routing daemon replacing Zebra supporting RIP, OSPF and BGP.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-misc/quagga < 0.99.22.4 >= 0.99.22.4 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Quagga. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

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-0.99.22.4"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-08.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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