Quagga BGP Daemon up to 1.2.2 Debug out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quagga BGP Daemon up to 1.2.2. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Debug. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-5380. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quagga BGP Daemon up to 1.2.2 (Network Routing Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Debug. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can overrun internal BGP code-to-string conversion tables used for debug by 1 pointer value, based on input.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2018. The weakness was disclosed 02/19/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at savannah.nongnu.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5380 since 01/12/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106854 (Debian DSA-4115-1 : quagga - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351179 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for quagga: ALAS-2018-957).

Upgrading to version 1.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106854) and SecurityFocus (BID 103105†). The entries VDB-108778, VDB-113585, VDB-113586 and VDB-113588 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 106854
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-4115-1 : quagga - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 800219
OpenVAS Name: Debian Lts Announce DLA 1286-1 ([SECURITY] [DLA 1286-1] quagga security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BGP Daemon 1.2.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ssa-451142
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5380 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5380
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113587

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SecurityFocus: 103105 - Quagga CVE-2018-5379 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2018 09:37
Updated: 01/21/2025 04:30
Changes: 02/20/2018 09:37 (75), 01/07/2020 08:10 (5), 02/04/2021 10:58 (3), 02/08/2023 14:07 (3), 02/08/2023 14:10 (10), 01/21/2025 04:30 (15)
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