Quagga Routing Software Suite up to 0.97 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Quagga Routing Software Suite up to 0.97. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes improper authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2224. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Quagga Routing Software Suite up to 0.97 (Network Routing Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly enforce RIPv2 authentication requirements, which allows remote attackers to modify routing state via RIPv1 RESPONSE packets.

The bug was discovered 05/02/2006. The weakness was shared 05/03/2006 by Konstantin V. Gavrilenko (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2224 since 05/05/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21904 (CentOS 3 / 4 : quagga (CESA-2006:0525)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117699 (CentOS Security Update for Quagga (CESA-2006:0525)).

Upgrading to version 0.98 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26251), Exploit-DB (27802), Tenable (21904), SecurityFocus (BID 17808†) and OSVDB (25225†). The entries VDB-30132 and VDB-30078 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Network Routing Software

Vendor

• Quagga

Name

• Routing Software Suite

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44
• 0.45
• 0.46
• 0.47
• 0.48
• 0.49
• 0.50
• 0.51
• 0.52
• 0.53
• 0.54
• 0.55
• 0.56
• 0.57
• 0.58
• 0.59
• 0.60
• 0.61
• 0.62
• 0.63
• 0.64
• 0.65
• 0.66
• 0.67
• 0.68
• 0.69
• 0.70
• 0.71
• 0.72
• 0.73
• 0.74
• 0.75
• 0.76
• 0.77
• 0.78
• 0.79
• 0.80
• 0.81
• 0.82
• 0.83
• 0.84
• 0.85
• 0.86
• 0.87
• 0.88
• 0.89
• 0.90
• 0.91
• 0.92
• 0.93
• 0.94
• 0.95
• 0.96
• 0.97

License

• open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21904
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : quagga (CESA-2006:0525)
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OpenVAS ID: 56777
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1059-1 (quagga)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Routing Software Suite 0.98

Timelineinfo

05/02/2006 🔍
05/03/2006 +1 days 🔍
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05/05/2006 +1 days 🔍
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05/22/2006 +17 days 🔍
06/01/2006 +10 days 🔍
06/02/2006 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +31 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3174 days 🔍
03/08/2025 +3649 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2224 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30079

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X-Force: 26251
SecurityFocus: 17808 - Quagga Information Disclosure and Route Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19910
OSVDB: 25225 - Quagga RIPd RIPv1 RESPONSE Packet Route Injection
SecurityTracker: 1016204
Vulnerability Center: 11521 - Quagga RIPd Route Injection via RIPv1 RESPONSE Packets, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 03/08/2025 17:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (83), 06/18/2019 14:07 (8), 03/08/2025 17:39 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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