Summary
The remote host is missing an update to quagga
announced via advisory DSA 2497-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202497-1
Insight
It was discovered that Quagga, a routing daemon, contains a vulnerability in processing the ORF capability in BGP OPEN messages.
A malformed OPEN message from a previously configured BGP peer could cause bgpd to crash, causing a denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.20.1-0+squeeze3.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.21-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your quagga packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-1820 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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