CVE-2017-3224

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-07-27
CWE:
CWE-354
Bugzilla:
1472873: CVE-2017-3224 quagga: OSPF implementation improperly determines LSA recency (VU#793496)
A vulnerability was discovered in several OSPF implementations, including Quagga. A malicious OSPF peer, or an attacker able to spoof messages from an OSPF peer, could send a crafted message that would result in erasure or alteration of the routing table, resulting in denial of service or incorrect routing of traffic.

Find out more about CVE-2017-3224 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 quagga Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 quagga Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 quagga Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank CERT for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Adi Sosnovich, Orna Grumberg, and Gabi Nakibly as the original reporters.

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