MGASA-2017-0416

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    MGASA-2017-0416

    Published: 19 Nov 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16227

    Summary: Updated quagga packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The bgpd daemon in the Quagga routing suite does not properly calculate the length of multi-segment AS_PATH UPDATE messages, causing bgpd to drop a session and potentially resulting in loss of network connectivity (CVE-2017-16227).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0416.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21967, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/30/4, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4011, https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2017-September/033284.html, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=7a42b78be9a4108d98833069a88e6fddb9285008

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quagga

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/quagga?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.99.22.4-4.5.mga5

    Affected versions

    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