CVE-2013-6051 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The bgp_attr_unknown function in bgp_attr.c in Quagga 0.99.21 does not properly initialize the total variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bgpd crash) via a crafted BGP update.

Published: 2013-12-14

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2803-1	quagga security update
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5880	The bgp_attr_unknown function in bgp_attr.c in Quagga 0.99.21 does not properly initialize the total variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bgpd crash) via a crafted BGP update.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00425.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730513
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8794e8d229dc9fe29ea31424883433d4880ef408
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2803
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6051
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6051

History

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Quagga Quagga

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-12-14T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:29:42.975Z

Reserved: 2013-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-6051

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-14T17:21:46.397

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-6051

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-11-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-6051 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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