USN-1605-1: Quagga vulnerability
11 October 2012
Quagga could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- quagga - BGP/OSPF/RIP routing daemon
Details
It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain malformed
messages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Quagga to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
After a standard system update you need to restart Quagga to make all the
necessary changes.