CVE-2018-12066

Description

BIRD Internet Routing Daemon before 1.6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and daemon crash) via BGP mask expressions in birdc.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Third-Party Advisory network.cz Third-Party Advisory debian.org Third-Party Advisory nic.cz Third-Party Advisory nic.cz
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/blob/v1.6.4/NEWS#L11 third party advisory issue tracking
https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/commit/e8bc64e308586b6502090da2775af84cd760ed0d patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://bird.network.cz third party advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900967 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12066?
CVE-2018-12066 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12066?
To fix CVE-2018-12066, 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-2018-12066 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-12066 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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