CVE-2018-5378
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201804-17
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.
El demonio Quagga BGP (bgpd), en versiones anteriores a la 1.2.3, no comprueba correctamente los límites de los datos enviados mediante NOTIFY a un peer, si una longitud de atributo es inválida. Los datos arbitrarios del proceso bgpd podrían enviarse a través de la red a un peer y/o bgpd podría cerrarse inesperadamente.
It was discovered that a double-free vulnerability existed in the Quagga BGP daemon when processing certain forms of UPDATE message. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the Quagga BGP daemon did not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2018-01-12 CVE Reserved
- 2018-02-15 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 | Third Party Advisory |
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| https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt | 2019-10-09 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 | 2019-10-09 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1 | 2019-10-09 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 | 2019-10-09 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Quagga Search vendor "Quagga" | Quagga Search vendor "Quagga" for product "Quagga" | <= 1.2.2 Search vendor "Quagga" for product "Quagga" and version " <= 1.2.2" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10" | - |
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