Bug 1416013 – CVE-2017-5495 quagga: Telnet interface input buffer allocates unbounded amounts of memory

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Bug 1416013 - (CVE-2017-5495) CVE-2017-5495 quagga: Telnet interface input buffer allocates unbounded amounts of memory

Summary:	CVE-2017-5495 quagga: Telnet interface input buffer allocates unbounded amoun...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-5495

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1416017 1416326
Blocks:	1386080 1416016
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Reported:	2017-01-24 06:09 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-03-29 18:02 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	quagga-0.99.15-14.el6
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Doc Text:	A denial of service flaw affecting various daemons in Quagga was found. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the various Quagga daemons, which expose their telnet interface, to crash.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0794	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: quagga security and bug fix update	2017-03-21 08:50:48 EDT

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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-01-24 06:09:09 EST

A vulnerability was found in quagga. Telnet interface input buffer allocates unbounded amounts of memory which leads to Denial-of-service.

References:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8783
http://mirror.easyname.at/nongnu//quagga/quagga-1.1.1.changelog.txt

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-01-24 06:11:18 EST

Created quagga tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1416017]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-01-25 03:54:04 EST

External References:

https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2017-January/016586.html

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2017-03-21 07:57:29 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:0794 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html

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