Use After Free Affecting quagga package, versions <0:0.99.22.4-5.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
38.45% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QUAGGA-5170121
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2018

Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-5379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 quagga to version 0:0.99.22.4-5.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0377.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream quagga package and not the quagga package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE message, containing cluster-list and/or unknown attributes. A successful attack could cause a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.