Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:28999

Info

Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28999
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-6372
CVE-2008-2169
CVE-2008-2170
CVE-2008-2171
CVE-2008-2172
CVE-2008-2173
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:17PM
Credit: This issue was originally discussed on the Juniper for Network Service Providers list by a variety of sources.
Vulnerable: Hitachi GR4000
Hitachi GR3000
Hitachi GR2000-BH
Hitachi GR2000-2B+
Hitachi GR2000-2B
Hitachi GR2000-1B
Hitachi AlaxalA AX
ALAXALA Networks AX7800S
ALAXALA Networks AX7800R
ALAXALA Networks AX7700R 0
ALAXALA Networks AX5400S
ALAXALA Networks AX3600S 0
ALAXALA Networks AX2400S 0
ALAXALA Networks AX2000R 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Multiple vendors' BGP implementations are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability that arises when the software handles specially crafted BGP packets.

NOTE: This issue is related to the vulnerability discussed in BID 26869 (Juniper Networks JUNOS Malformed BGP Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability). It has been assigned its own record because details regarding what technologies are vulnerable and how the various vendors have implemented BGP are not currently available. As more information emerges, we will create individual records to further document the vulnerability for the various vulnerable technologies.

AlaxalA Networks AX series and Hitachi GR series are reported vulnerable to this issue. Unspecified technologies from Avici Systems, Inc., Century Systems Inc., and Yamaha Corporation are also reported vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Multiple Vendors Malformed BGP 'UPDATE' Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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