7.1
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-5378
Quagga BGP Denial of Service and Potential Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 19, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:08 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-5378 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Quagga quagga
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in Quagga BGP daemon may allow for denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
  • Update the Quagga package.
  • Apply the latest security patches.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-5378.

URL Resource
http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 Third Party Advisory
http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-5378 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-5378 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-5378 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439
    Added Reference https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 CERT/CC AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CERT/CC CWE-119
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 No Types Assigned http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 No Types Assigned http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt No Types Assigned https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-0543.txt Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.2.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.72 }} -3.77%

score

0.86879

percentile