Alpine: multiple quagga packages: security update to 0.99.24.1-r3 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401064

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in Quagga before
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 attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-2342)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401064

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2342

BID: 84318

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