USN-1441-1: Quagga vulnerabilities
15 May 2012
Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled Link State Update
messages with invalid lengths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0249,
CVE-2012-0250)
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled messages with a malformed
Four-octet AS Number Capability. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0255)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make
all the necessary changes.