CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-4049

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-05-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-05-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet.

Affected configurations

• quagga quagga • opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References