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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2755
Quagga vulnerabilities
1 November 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: quagga
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-16227 CVE-2017-5495
Reference: ESB-2017.2747
ESB-2017.2163
ESB-2017.0756
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3471-1
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3471-1
October 31, 2017
quagga vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- - Ubuntu 17.10
- - Ubuntu 17.04
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Quagga.
Software Description:
- - quagga: BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details:
Andreas Jaggi discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain BGP UPDATE
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Quagga
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-16227)
Quentin Young discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled memory in the
telnet vty CLI. An attacker able to connect to the telnet interface could
possibly use this issue to cause Quagga to consume memory, resulting in a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-5495)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
quagga 1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1
quagga-bgpd 1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 17.04:
quagga 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
quagga-bgpd 1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
quagga 0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
quagga 0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.4
After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make all the
necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3471-1
CVE-2017-16227, CVE-2017-5495
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.4
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