1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3110-1

USN-3110-1: Quagga vulnerability

Publication date

25 October 2016

Overview

Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon

Details

David Lamparter discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6
router advertisements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

David Lamparter discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6
router advertisements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.10 yakkety quagga –  1.0.20160315-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial quagga –  0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.2
14.04 trusty quagga –  0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.3
12.04 precise quagga –  0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.6

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