Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Quagga vulnerabilities (USN-6432-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183230

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6432-1 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgpd/bgp_packet.c processes NLRIs if the attribute length is zero. (CVE-2023-41358)

- An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR through 9.0. bgpd/bgp_packet.c can read the initial byte of the ORF header in an ahead-of-stream situation. (CVE-2023-41360)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6432-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183230

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6432-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2023

Updated: 10/17/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-isisd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-bgpd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-ospfd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-ripngd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-ospf6d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-pimd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:quagga-ripd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41358, CVE-2023-41360

USN: 6432-1