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CVE-2017-16227

The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages…

Impact

The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages, because AS_PATH size calculation for long paths counts certain bytes twice and consequently constructs an invalid message.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QuaggaQuagga
through 1.2.1
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification

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