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Debian DSA-1293-1 : quagga - out of boundary read
medium Nessus Plugin ID 25258
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Paul Jakma discovered that specially crafted UPDATE messages can trigger an out of boundary read that can result in a system crash of quagga, the BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon.Solution
Upgrade the quagga package.For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.98.3-7.4.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.5-5etch2.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 25258
File Name: debian_DSA-1293.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2007
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-1995
BID: 23417
CWE: 20
DSA: 1293