CVE-2007-1995 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Quagga BGP daemon by sending crafted UPDATE messages with invalid length values in MP_REACH_NLRI and MP_UNREACH_NLRI attributes.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-1995?

CVE-2007-1995 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

bgpd/bgp_attr.c in Quagga 0.98.6 and earlier, and 0.99.6 and earlier 0.99 versions, does not validate length values in the MP_REACH_NLRI and MP_UNREACH_NLRI attributes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or exit) via crafted UPDATE messages that trigger an assertion error or out of bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1995?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (30)
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:0.96.2-12.3E
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions0:0.96.2-12.3E
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:0.96.2-12.3E
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions0:0.96.2-12.3E
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:0.98.3-2.4.0.1.el4
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstationAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-contrib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5
quagga-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:0.98.6-2.1.0.1.el5

Products include Quagga Quagga.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1995?

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-2007-1995 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1995 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DSA-1293-1, GHSA-83w3-xxm9-4ff8, RHSA-2007:0389.

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