Input validation error in Quagga - CVE-2010-1674

 

Input validation error in Quagga - CVE-2010-1674

Published: March 29, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45155
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1674
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: quagga.net
Affected software:
Quagga

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed Extended Communities attribute.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-1674

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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