Description
The vty layer in Quagga before 0.96.4, and Zebra 0.93b and earlier, does not verify that sub-negotiation is taking place when processing the SE marker, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed telnet command to the telnet CLI port, which may trigger a null dereference.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- GNU Zebra 0.9x / Quagga 0.96 - Remote Denial of Service EDB-23375 · dos · Nov 12, 2003 · verified
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References
- RHSA-2003:305 vendor-advisory
- 20031114 Quagga remote vulnerability mailing-list
- DSA-415 vendor-advisory
- 10563 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2003:307 vendor-advisory