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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : quagga vulnerabilities (USN-1441-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 59107
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was 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-2012-0249, CVE-2012-0250)
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled messages with a malformed Four-octet AS Number Capability. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2012-0255).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected quagga package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 59107
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1441-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/16/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0249, CVE-2012-0250, CVE-2012-0255
BID: 52531
USN: 1441-1