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Ubuntu: USN-3573-1 (CVE-2018-5379): Quagga vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3573-1 (CVE-2018-5379): Quagga vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE message, containing cluster-list and/or unknown attributes. A successful attack could cause a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-quagga
  • ubuntu-upgrade-quagga-bgpd

References

  • USN-3573-1
  • CVE-2018-5379

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