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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-48 ] Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 05:51:55
Message-Id: 427ac22f-e007-3242-93e7-d0f69376839c@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-48
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Quagga: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 21, 2017
10 Bugs: #581526, #597410
11 ID: 201701-48
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Quagga, the worst of which
19 could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 Quagga is a free routing daemon replacing Zebra supporting RIP, OSPF
25 and BGP.
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27 Affected packages
28 =================
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/quagga < 1.1.0-r2 >= 1.1.0-r2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Quagga. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet possibly
45 resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
46 process or a Denial of Service condition.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Quagga users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/quagga-1.1.0-r2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-1245
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1245
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-4049
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4049
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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