Stack-based buffer overflow in Quagga - CVE-2013-2236
Published: October 24, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32600
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2236
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the new_msg_lsa_change_notify function in the OSPFD API (ospf_api.c) when processing a large LSA. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Quagga
Gentoo Linux
quagga (Alpine package)
Gentoo Linux
quagga (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2236
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
quagga (Alpine package) - update to 0.99.21-r4
External References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git;a=commitdiff;h=3f872fe60463a931c5c766dbf8c36870c0023e88
- http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2013-July/010622.html
- http://nongnu.mirrors.hostinginnederland.nl//quagga/quagga-0.99.22.3.changelog.txt
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/24
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60955
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1