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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : quagga vulnerability (USN-1605-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 62512

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain malformed messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected quagga package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1605-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62512

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1605-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/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: 10/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1820

BID: 53775

USN: 1605-1