SB2016102422 - SUSE Linux update for quagga 



SB2016102422 - SUSE Linux update for quagga

Published: October 24, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016102422
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1245)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.