CVE-2010-2948 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote authenticated attackers can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in Quagga's bgpd, leading to daemon crashes or arbitrary code execution.

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

What is CVE-2010-2948?

CVE-2010-2948 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Sep 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bgp_route_refresh_receive function in bgp_packet.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) record in a BGP ROUTE-REFRESH (RR) message.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2948?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quagga Quagga.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2948?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-2948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q48q-864h-7c7w.

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