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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : quagga vulnerabilities (USN-1261-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 56853
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Riku Hietamaki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled Link State Update messages with invalid lengths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3323)Riku Hietamaki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6 Database Description messages.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3324)
Riku Hietamaki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv4 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3325)
Riku Hietamaki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled invalid Link State Advertisement (LSA) types. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3326)
Riku Hietamaki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain BGP UPDATE messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-3327).
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Solution
Update the affected quagga package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 56853
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1261-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2011
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3323, CVE-2011-3324, CVE-2011-3325, CVE-2011-3326, CVE-2011-3327
BID: 49784
USN: 1261-1