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CVE-2010-2949 Detail

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.


Evaluator Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cddb8112b80fa9867156c637d63e6e79eeac67bb CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/41038 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/41238 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42446 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42498 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48106 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2104 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:174 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/24/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.quagga.net/news2.php?y=2010&m=8&d=19 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0945.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42642 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1027-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626795 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2949
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.