CVE-2006-2276 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local users can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service in Quagga bgpd via a specific telnet command.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2006-2276?

CVE-2006-2276 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

bgpd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060504 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain sh ip bgp command entered in the telnet interface.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2276?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quagga Quagga.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2276?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-2276 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6v4f-8f6p-qgjq.

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