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Debian DSA-1293-1 : quagga - out of boundary read

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25258

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Paul Jakma discovered that specially crafted UPDATE messages can trigger an out of boundary read that can result in a system crash of quagga, the BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon.

Solution

Upgrade the quagga package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.98.3-7.4.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.5-5etch2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=418323

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1293

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25258

File Name: debian_DSA-1293.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1995

BID: 23417

CWE: 20

DSA: 1293