CVE-2018-5381

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5381
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-19 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 has a bug in its parsing of "Capabilities" in BGP OPEN messages, in the bgp_packet.c:bgp_capability_msg_parse function. The parser can enter an infinite loop on invalid capabilities if a Multi-Protocol capability does not have a recognized AFI/SAFI, causing a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Quagga Quagga All All All All
Hardware Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Ii - All All All
Hardware Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Ii - All All All
Operating System Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Ii Firmware All All All All
Operating System Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Ii Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4115-1 quagga DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1286-1] quagga security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Quagga Routing Software - News: Quagga 1.2.3 Release, with significant BGP security fixes [Savannah] CONFIRM savannah.nongnu.org Third Party Advisory
Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-17) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3573-1: Quagga vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Quagga/quagga: Primary Quagga git repository - Quagga CONFIRM gogs.quagga.net Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690650 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for quagga (e15a22ce-f16f-446b-9ca7-6859350c2e75)
  • 710242 Gentoo Linux Quagga Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-17)
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