CVE-2010-2949

Description

bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 does not properly parse AS paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an unknown AS type in an AS path attribute in a BGP UPDATE message.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.64% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2304	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42498	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/24/3	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/41238	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42642	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/41038	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2104	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1027-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42446	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html	vendor advisory
http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cddb8112b80fa9867156c637d63e6e79eeac67bb
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:174	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48106	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/4	mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0945.html	vendor advisory
http://www.quagga.net/news2.php?y=2010&m=8&d=19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3124	vdb entry vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626795

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2949?: CVE-2010-2949 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2949?: To fix CVE-2010-2949, 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-2010-2949 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-2949 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.