Quagga BGP attributes denial of service
| quagga-bgpattributes-dos (33547) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Quagga is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking of the BGP attributes by the bgpd daemon. By sending a specially-crafted UPDATE message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an assertion error, resulting in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG CURRENT
- OpenPKG, OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID
- Quagga, Quagga
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Server
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0
- Sun, Solaris 10 x86
- Sun, Solaris 10 SPARC
Remedy:
Refer to Quagga Bugzilla Bug 354 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to GLSA 200705-05 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (quagga):
Refer to DSA-1293-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux (quagga):
Refer to USN-461-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux (quagga):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0389 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Sun Solaris 10 x86 and SPARC:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 236141 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Quagga Bugzilla Bug 354 , bgpd vulnerable to DoS by configured peers at http://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=354.
- Quagga Web site, Quagga Software Routing Suite at http://www.quagga.net/about.php.
- Sun Alert ID: 236141, Security Vulnerabilities in the GNU Zebra and Quagga BGP Routing Daemon May Allow for Denial of Service at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-236141-1.
- ASA-2007-216: quagga security update (RHSA-2007-0389)
- ASA-2008-176: Security Vulnerabilities in the GNU Zebra and Quagga BGP Routing Daemon May Allow for Denial of Service (Sun 236141)
- BID-23417: Quagga BGPD UPDATE Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1995: bgpd/bgp_attr.c in Quagga 0.98.6 and earlier, and 0.99.6 and earlier 0.99 versions, does not validate length values in the MP_REACH_NLRI and MP_UNREACH_NLRI attributes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or exit) via crafted UPDATE messages that trigger an assertion error or out of bounds read.
- DSA-1293: quagga -- out of boundary read
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-1336: Quagga bgpd Daemon UPDATE Message Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1195: Sun Solaris Zebra and Quagga Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200705-05: Quagga: Denial of Service
- MDKSA-2007:096: Updated quagga packages fix DoS vulnerability
- OpenPKG-SA-2007.015: Quagga
- RHSA-2007-0389: Moderate: quagga security update
- SA24808: Quagga "reachable/unreachable" NLRI Attributes Denial of Service
- SA29743: Sun Solaris Quagga Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018142: Quagga bgpd Server Can Be Crashed By Remote Users
- USN-461-1: Quagga vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 09, 2007
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