USN-1095-1: Quagga vulnerabilities
29 March 2011
An attacker could send crafted input to Quagga and cause it to crash.
Releases
Packages
- quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly parsed certain malformed extended
communities. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1674)
It was discovered that Quagga resets BGP sessions when encountering
malformed AS_PATHLIMIT attributes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
disrupt BGP sessions, resulting in a denial of service. This update removes
AS_PATHLIMIT support from Quagga. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS,
9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-1675)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.