CVE-2018-5381

quagga: Infinite loop issue triggered by invalid OPEN message allows denial-of-service

Published Feb 19, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 30.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The 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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1286-1 quagga security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4115-1 quagga security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3573-1 Quagga vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 4:17 PM
Reserved
Jan 12, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 19, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:00 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 15, 2018, 12:00 AM