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CVE-2017-16227 Detail

Description

The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages, because AS_PATH size calculation for long paths counts certain bytes twice and consequently constructs an invalid message.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quagga/quagga-1.2.2.changelog.txt Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quagga/quagga-1.2.2.changelog.txt Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4011 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4011 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/879474 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/879474 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=7a42b78be9a4108d98833069a88e6fddb9285008 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=7a42b78be9a4108d98833069a88e6fddb9285008 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2017-September/033284.html Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2017-September/033284.html Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16227
NVD Published Date:
10/29/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE