Quagga 0.99.21 bgp_attr.c BGP Update DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71536

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Synopsis

The remote service may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the installation of Quagga's BGP daemon listening on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. This issue exists due to a failure to properly initialize the packet's total size variable in the 'bgp_attr.c' source file. Normal, valid BGP update messages can trigger this issue.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.99.22 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71536

File Name: quagga_0_99_22.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/19/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6051

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:quagga:quagga

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Quagga/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6051

BID: 63937

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