CVE-2018-5379
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 19, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
10 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 38%
Description
The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE message, containing cluster-list and/or unknown attributes. A successful attack could cause a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Affected range stops below 1.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
95%
v < 2.13.0
Affected range stops below 2.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
siemens-ruggedcom-rox-ii (same device)
80%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103105Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0377x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1114.txtMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17CVSS
7.5HIGHcertcc
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415
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