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Ubuntu alert USN-1261-1 (quagga)

From:  Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-1261-1] Quagga vulnerabilities
Date:  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:34:22 -0500
Message-ID:  <1321364062.2777.123.camel@mdlinux>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1261-1 November 14, 2011 quagga vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Quagga could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - quagga: BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon Details: Riku Hietamäki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled Link State Update messages with invalid lengths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3323) Riku Hietamäki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv6 Database Description messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3324) Riku Hietamäki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain IPv4 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3325) Riku Hietamäki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled invalid Link State Advertisement (LSA) types. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3326) Riku Hietamäki, Tuomo Untinen and Jukka Taimisto discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain BGP UPDATE messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-3327) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: quagga 0.99.18-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 11.04: quagga 0.99.17-4ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 10.10: quagga 0.99.17-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: quagga 0.99.15-1ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1261-1 CVE-2011-3323, CVE-2011-3324, CVE-2011-3325, CVE-2011-3326, CVE-2011-3327 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.18-2ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.17-4ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.17-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/0.99.15-1ubun... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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