CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : quagga (CESA-2007:0389)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25354

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated quagga package that fixes a security bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Quagga is a TCP/IP based routing software suite.

An out of bounds memory read flaw was discovered in Quagga's bgpd. A configured peer of bgpd could cause Quagga to crash, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2007-1995).

All users of Quagga should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected quagga packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25354

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0389.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:centos:centos:quagga, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:quagga-contrib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:quagga-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1995

BID: 23417

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2007:0389

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