8.1
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-2342

Published: 17/03/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.1 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.2
VMScore: 676
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in Quagga prior to 1.0.20160309, when a certain VPNv4 configuration is used, relies on a Labeled-VPN SAFI routes-data length field during a data copy, which allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted packet.

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quagga quagga 0.99.24

debian debian linux 7.0

debian debian linux 8.0

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: quagga security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for quagga is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base ...
Quagga could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic ...
Debian Bug report logs - #819179 quagga: CVE-2016-2342 Package: src:quagga; Maintainer for src:quagga is Brett Parker <iDunno@sommitrealweirdcouk>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:57:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream Found in vers ...
Kostya Kortchinsky discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in quagga, a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (daemon crash), or potentially, execution of arbitrary code, if bgpd is configured with BGP peers enabled for VPNv4 For the oldstab ...
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Quagga BGP routing daemon (bgpd) handled Labeled-VPN SAFI routes data A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the bgpd daemon resulting in denial of service ...