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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Quagga vulnerability (USN-3110-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94288

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3110-1 advisory.

 David Lamparter discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6 router advertisements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected quagga package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3110-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94288

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3110-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/26/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1245

USN: 3110-1