Debian DSA-4011-1 : quagga - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104259

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the bgpd daemon in the Quagga routing suite does not properly calculate the length of multi-segment AS_PATH UPDATE messages, causing bgpd to drop a session and potentially resulting in loss of network connectivity.

Solution

Upgrade the quagga packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.23.1-1+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.1-3+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104259

File Name: debian_DSA-4011.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16227

DSA: 4011

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