Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting quagga-devel package, versions <0:0.99.15-14.el6
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed18 Oct 2016
Introduced: 18 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-1245 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:6 quagga-devel to version 0:0.99.15-14.el6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream quagga-devel package and not the quagga-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93775
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1245
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0794