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Gentoo: 201310-08 Advisory - Quagga Vulnerability Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Quagga exhibits several security flaws, with the most critical enabling unauthorized code execution. Discover the remedies available immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Quagga. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution multiple issues Denial of Service Quagga

Resolution

All Quagga users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/quagga-0.99.22.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-0249 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0249 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-0250 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0250 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-0255 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0255 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-1820 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1820 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-2236 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2236

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 10, 2013
Bugs: #408507, #475706
ID: 201310-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution multiple issues Denial of Service Quagga

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Quagga is a free routing daemon replacing Zebra supporting RIP, OSPF and BGP.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/quagga < 0.99.22.4 >= 0.99.22.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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