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CVE-2018-5378

Published: Feb 19, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
74.4%
Top 0.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

bgpdQuagga
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
quaggaquagga
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
quaggaoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka bgpd, quagga routing software suite
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt
gogs.quagga.net
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115
debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Feb 19, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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