CVE-2017-16227
mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.460 · 99 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (7)
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references (14)
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- http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quagga/quagga-1.2.2.changelog.txtcnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/879474cnnvd
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=7a42b78be9a4108d98833069a88e6fddb9285008cnnvd
- https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2017-September/033284.htmlcnnvd
- http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/quagga/quagga-1.2.2.changelog.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4011enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/879474enisa_euvd
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=7a42b78be9a4108d98833069a88e6fddb9285008enisa_euvd
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