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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3654-1 (quagga - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in quagga, a BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon. CVE-2016-4036 Tams Nmeth discovered that sensitive configuration files in /etc/quagga were world-readable despite containing sensitive information. CVE-2016-4049 Evgeny Uskov discovered that a bgpd instance handling many peers could be crashed by a malicious user when requesting a route dump.
Affected Software
Affected Software
quagga on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.23.1-1+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your quagga packages.