Memory corruption in quagga (Alpine package)
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2017-5495 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
quagga (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption
EUVDB-ID: #VU10615
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5495
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unbounded memory allocation in the telnet 'vty' CLI. A remote attacker able to connect to the TCP ports can send very long strings without a newline, cause the Quagga daemon to allocate unbounded memory and system crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsquagga (Alpine package): 1.0.20160315-r0 - 1.1.0-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=229843962a976cdf2b578f422f4d8637fe4132fd
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c00451450e78759def5a5ee4cba58a9b2b5c7042
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ae75e0ae11cd230df0320590974156eb517cc2e0
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ec34b88925091c8b60fce522f2cf672dbbef689e
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
