Description
It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 9.8/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Quagga before 1.0.20161017 | Quagga before 1.0.20161017 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93775Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93775Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 22, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified