USN-1605-1: Quagga vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1605-1
11th October, 2012
quagga vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
- quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain malformed
messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- quagga 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.3
- Ubuntu 11.10:
- quagga 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3
- Ubuntu 11.04:
- quagga 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.11.04.3
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
- quagga 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make all the
necessary changes.