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Unscored USN-2941-1 2 CVEs

quagga vulnerabilities

Published Mar 24, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Kostya Kortchinsky discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled certain route
data when configured with BGP peers enabled for VPNv4. A remote attacker
could use this issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2342)

It was discovered that Quagga incorrectly handled messages with a large
LSA when used in certain configurations. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause Quagga to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-2236)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS quagga 0.99.22.4-3ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2013-2236

    Stack-based buffer overflow in the new_msg_lsa_change_notify function in the OSPFD API (ospf_api.c) in Quagga before 0.…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-2342 EPSS 13%

    The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in Quagga before 1.0.20160309, when…

    quagga Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2236
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2342