USN-3110-1: Quagga vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3110-1
25th October, 2016
quagga vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software description
- quagga
– BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
David Lamparter discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6
router advertisements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
quagga
1.0.20160315-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.24.1-2ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
quagga
0.99.20.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.6
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-3110-1: Quagga vulnerability
