USN-3102-1: Quagga vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3102-1
13th October, 2016
quagga vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Quagga.
Software description
- quagga
– BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled dumping data. A remote
attacker could possibly use a large BGP packet to cause Quagga to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4049)
It was discovered that the Quagga package incorrectly set permissions on
the configuration directory. A local user could use this issue to possibly
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-4036)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make all the
necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3102-1: Quagga vulnerabilities
