quagga: Buffer Overflow in IPv6 RA handling
Published Feb 22, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.66%
Description
It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Quagga before 1.0.20161017 Defaultn/a
- Version Quagga before 1.0.20161017StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Quagga before 1.0.20161017 | n/a |
|
Configuration 2
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0794
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
quagga
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
quagga
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | quagga-0:0.99.15-14.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0794 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | quagga | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | quagga | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.66% (0.03656) | 89.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03587) | 87.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 77.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02348) | 83.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.71% (0.03713) | 79.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02348) | 83.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.33% (0.01335) | 85.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.56% (0.02557) | 90.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.56% (0.02557) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952 x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93775 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1245 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1245
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1245
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1245 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1245 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1245 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
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