CVE-2013-6051

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-11-25
Bugzilla:
1043370: CVE-2013-6051 quagga: bgp crash when receiving bgp updates

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The bgp_attr_unknown function in bgp_attr.c in Quagga 0.99.21 does not properly initialize the total variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bgpd crash) via a crafted BGP update.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6051 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of quagga as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 quagga Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 quagga Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 quagga Not affected

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