CVE-2018-5379

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    CVE-2018-5379

    Published: 19 Feb 2018Last Modified: 12 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE message, containing cluster-list and/or unknown attributes. A successful attack could cause a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

    References: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439, http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103105, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0377, https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf, https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1114.txt, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -70c5dfbd52410d99d36181072711125ac5240a15

    Affected versions

    2.2.0c

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High