CVE-2006-2223

Public Exploit

Description

RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly implement configurations that (1) disable RIPv1 or (2) require plaintext or MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (routing state) via REQUEST packets such as SEND UPDATE.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.58% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/284-1/ vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26243 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20782 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20138 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432823/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/20421 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25224 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0525.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20137 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=261
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016204 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19910 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9985 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17808 exploit vdb entry patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0533.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-15.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21159 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432822/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1059 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20221 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20420 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2223?
CVE-2006-2223 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2223?
To fix CVE-2006-2223, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2223 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2223 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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