CVE-2009-1572

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1572
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-06 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe BGP daemon (bgpd) in Quagga 0.99.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AS path containing ASN elements whose string representation is longer than expected, which triggers an assert error.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Quagga Quagga 0.95 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.96.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.97.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.98.6 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.1 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.10 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.2 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.3 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.4 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.5 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.6 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.7 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.8 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga 0.99.9 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/54200 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
USN-775-1: Quagga vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Ubuntu update for quagga - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for quagga - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Quagga Autonomous System Number Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE request (sort of): Quagga BGP crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: quagga-0.99.12-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gmane Loom af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 thread.gmane.org Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request (sort of): Quagga BGP crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#526311 - quagga: bgpd crashes - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Patch
Quagga Bug in Processing Certain 4-Byte ASN Data Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:109 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[quagga-dev 6391] [PATCH] BGP 4-byte ASN bug fixes' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Exploit, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1788-1 quagga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Security Advisory SA34999 - Debian update for quagga - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: quagga-0.99.12-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-05-18Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of zebra as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and the versions of quagga as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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