Debian DSA-1382-1 : quagga - NULL pointer dereference

low Nessus Plugin ID 26975

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that BGP peers can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the BGP daemon if debug logging is enabled, causing the BGP daemon to crash.

Solution

Upgrade the quagga packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 0.98.3-7.5.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.5-5etch3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 26975

File Name: debian_DSA-1382.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4826

DSA: 1382

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