CVE-2016-1245

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1245
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-22 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | stack-based buffer overflow


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Quagga Before 1.0.20161017 affected Quagga before 1.0.20161017 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3695-1 quagga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Quagga CVE-2016-1245 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-48) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
zebra: stack overrun in IPv6 RA receive code (CVE-2016-1245) · Quagga/quagga@cfb1fae · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Mailing List Archive: Quagga CVE Released: CVE-2016-1245 (Fix in latest 1.0.20161017 release) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
1386109 – (CVE-2016-1245) CVE-2016-1245 quagga: Buffer Overflow in IPv6 RA handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710430 Gentoo Linux Quagga Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-48)
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