7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-5381
Quagga BGP Denial of Service Capability Parsing Vulnerability
Description

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 has a bug in its parsing of "Capabilities" in BGP OPEN messages, in the bgp_packet.c:bgp_capability_msg_parse function. The parser can enter an infinite loop on invalid capabilities if a Multi-Protocol capability does not have a recognized AFI/SAFI, causing a denial of service.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-5381 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 Siemens ruggedcom_rox_ii_firmware
1 Quagga quagga
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-2018-5381.

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://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1975.txt Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party 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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-5381 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 [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:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CERT/CC CWE-228
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-835
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf No Types Assigned https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:siemens:ruggedcom_rox_ii_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.13.0 OR cpe:2.3:h:siemens:ruggedcom_rox_ii:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    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
    Changed 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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. 12, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
    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://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1975.txt No Types Assigned https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1975.txt Vendor Advisory
    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
    Added CWE CWE-400
    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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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]
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html [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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-5381 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

12.24 }} -3.18%

score

0.94717

percentile

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