Vulnerability identifier: #VU44630

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3327

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Quagga
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor: quagga.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ecommunity_ecom2str function in bgp_ecommunity.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted BGP UPDATE message over IPv4.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Quagga: 0.95 - 0.99.17

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External links
http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git;a=commit;h=94431dbc753171b48b5c6806af97fd690813b00a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1258.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1259.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46139
http://secunia.com/advisories/46274
http://secunia.com/advisories/48106
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2316
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/668534
http://www.quagga.net/download/quagga-0.99.19.changelog.txt
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738400
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2011/vulnerability539178.html

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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.