Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-7230-1 critical: quagga denial of service
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January 28, 2025
Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - quagga: BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon Details: Iggy Frankovic discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain BGP messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS quagga 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro quagga-bgpd 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7230-1
CVE-2024-44070
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