CVE-2009-1572: Medium severity Quagga Quagga vulnerability

Published May 6, 2009
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Updated

The BGP daemon (bgpd) in Quagga 0.99.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AS path containing ASN elements whose string representation is longer than expected, which triggers an assert error.

Affected Software

31 affected components
Quagga Quagga<=0.99.11
Quagga Quagga=0.95
Quagga Quagga=0.96
Quagga Quagga=0.96.1
Quagga Quagga=0.96.2
Quagga Quagga=0.96.3
Quagga Quagga=0.96.4
Quagga Quagga=0.96.5
Quagga Quagga=0.97.0
Quagga Quagga=0.97.1
Quagga Quagga=0.97.2
Quagga Quagga=0.97.3
Quagga Quagga=0.97.4
Quagga Quagga=0.97.5
Quagga Quagga=0.98.0
Quagga Quagga=0.98.1
Quagga Quagga=0.98.2
Quagga Quagga=0.98.3
Quagga Quagga=0.98.4
Quagga Quagga=0.98.5
Quagga Quagga=0.98.6
Quagga Quagga=0.99.1
Quagga Quagga=0.99.2
Quagga Quagga=0.99.3
Quagga Quagga=0.99.4
Quagga Quagga=0.99.5
Quagga Quagga=0.99.6
Quagga Quagga=0.99.7
Quagga Quagga=0.99.8
Quagga Quagga=0.99.9
Quagga Quagga=0.99.10

Event History

May 6, 2009
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1572?

CVE-2009-1572 has a severity rating that indicates it can cause a denial of service (DoS) due to a crash in the BGP daemon.

2

How do I fix CVE-2009-1572?

To mitigate CVE-2009-1572, upgrade Quagga to a version later than 0.99.11.

3

Who is impacted by CVE-2009-1572?

CVE-2009-1572 affects all versions of Quagga up to and including 0.99.11.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2009-1572?

CVE-2009-1572 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.

5

Can CVE-2009-1572 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2009-1572 can be exploited remotely by attackers to crash the bgpd process.

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