Buffer overflow in Quagga
CVE-2016-1245
It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.037 (88.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Quagga
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a Quagga Before 1.0.20161017 — versions Quagga before 1.0.20161017
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@debian.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1245?
- CVE-2016-1245 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Quagga, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1245?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.