Debian: DSA-2497-1 Moderate: Quagga Denial of Service Vulnerability
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June 20, 2012
It was discovered that Quagga, a routing daemon, contains a vulnerability in processing the ORF capability in BGP OPEN messages
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Summary
It was discovered that Quagga, a routing daemon, contains a
vulnerability in processing the ORF capability in BGP OPEN messages.
A malformed OPEN message from a previously configured BGP peer could
cause bgpd to crash, causing a denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.99.20.1-0+squeeze3.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.21-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your quagga packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: quagga
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1820
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