Quagga up to 0.99.16 bgp_packet.c bgp_route_refresh_receive memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Quagga. Impacted is the function bgp_route_refresh_receive of the file bgp_packet.c. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-2948. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Quagga (Network Routing Software). Affected by this issue is the function bgp_route_refresh_receive of the file bgp_packet.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bgp_route_refresh_receive function in bgp_packet.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) record in a BGP ROUTE-REFRESH (RR) message.

The weakness was released 09/10/2010 as Bug 626783 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2948 since 08/04/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68154 (Oracle Linux 6 : quagga (ELSA-2010-0945)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155592 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Quagga (ELSA-2010-0785)).

Upgrading to version 0.98.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68154), SecurityFocus (BID 42635†), Secunia (SA41038†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27118†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-38745 and VDB-54687. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 68154
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : quagga (ELSA-2010-0945)
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OpenVAS ID: 880445
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for quagga CESA-2010:0785 centos4 i386
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Quagga 0.98.5
Patch: d64379e8f3c0636df53ed08d5b2f1946cfedd0e3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 626783
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54686

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SecurityFocus: 42635 - Quagga bgpd Route-Refresh Message Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 41038 - Quagga BGP Daemon Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27118 - Quagga <0.99.17 bgpd Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote DoS or Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2304

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/24/2021 07:00 PM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (67), 03/04/2017 06:03 PM (14), 09/24/2021 06:52 PM (4), 09/24/2021 07:00 PM (1)
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