USN-2941-1: Quagga vulnerabilities

Packages

quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon

Details

Kostya Kortchinsky discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain route
data when configured with BGP peers enabled for VPNv4. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2342)

It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled messages with a large
LSA when used in certain configurations. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-2236)

Kostya Kortchinsky discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain route
data when configured with BGP peers enabled for VPNv4. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2342)

It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled messages with a large
LSA when used in certain configurations. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-2236)

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.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
15.10 wily	quagga – 0.99.24.1-2ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty	quagga – 0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise	quagga – 0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.4

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