RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : quagga (RHSA-2007:0389)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25363

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 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, quagga-contrib and / or quagga-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1995

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0389

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25363

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0389.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:quagga-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:quagga, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:quagga-contrib

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

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