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RHEL 7 : quagga (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 199393

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 7 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - quagga: Buffer Overflow in IPv6 RA handling (CVE-2016-1245)

 - quagga: VPNv4 NLRI parser memcpys to stack on unchecked length (CVE-2016-2342)

 - The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet. (CVE-2016-4049)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 199393

File Name: redhat_unpatched_quagga-rhel7.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1245

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1245, CVE-2016-2342, CVE-2016-4049, CVE-2017-16227, CVE-2017-3224, CVE-2017-5495, CVE-2018-5380, CVE-2018-5381