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Gentoo: GLSA-201804-17 High: Quagga Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A recent announcement highlights Quagga weaknesses found in Gentoo Advisory GLSA 202310-12; mitigates potential exploitation through remote code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 high severity security issue gentoo remote code execution quagga

Resolution

All Quagga users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/quagga-1.2.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-5378 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5378 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-5379 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5379 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-5380 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5380 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-5381 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5381

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17
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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: High
Title: Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 22, 2018
Bugs: #647788
ID: 201804-17

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo remote code execution quagga

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by sending specially crafted packets, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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