UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4049

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4049

    Published: 23 May 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4049
    Aliases:
    USN-3102-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4049, https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-January/014699.html, https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-April/015241.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3102-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4049

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quagga

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    0.99.22.1-2
    0.99.22.4-1
    0.99.22.4-2
    0.99.22.4-3
    0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1
    0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.1

    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