quagga: Double free vulnerability in bgpd when processing certain forms of UPDATE message allowing to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code
Published Feb 19, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 38.45%
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 products
-
- Version bpgdStatusaffectedConstraints<1.2.3
- Version
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
Configuration 4
- 7.0
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- < 2.13.0
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
quagga-0:0.99.22.4-5.el7_4
Fixed · RHSA-2018:0377
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
quagga
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
quagga
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
quagga
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | quagga-0:0.99.22.4-5.el7_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:0377 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | quagga | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | quagga | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | quagga | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Glibc's heap protection mitigations render this issue more difficult to exploit, though bypasses may still be possible.
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
2 other sources (CVE.org, Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (37 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 37.07% (0.37070) | 98.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 37.07% (0.37070) | 98.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 37.07% (0.37070) | 98.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 37.07% (0.37070) | 98.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 38.45% (0.38454) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 39.46% (0.39458) | 98.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 7.03% (0.07029) | 91.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 5.11% (0.05114) | 89.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7.17% (0.07173) | 91.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 26.48% (0.26479) | 96.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 20.07% (0.20073) | 95.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 23.90% (0.23897) | 95.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 15.49% (0.15491) | 94.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 19, 2025 | 21.85% (0.21848) | 95.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 25.91% (0.25910) | 95.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.63% (0.03627) | 91.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 5.61% (0.05607) | 92.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 5.67% (0.05669) | 92.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 6.35% (0.06345) | 92.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 8.71% (0.08711) | 93.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 9.23% (0.09231) | 93.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 11.41% (0.11410) | 94.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 14.40% (0.14398) | 94.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 20.18% (0.20185) | 95.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.74% (0.03740) | 85.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Nov 16, 2022 | 3.74% (0.03740) | 84.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.64% (0.03640) | 83.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.64% (0.03640) | 66.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.86% (0.04861) | 78.21th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.86% (0.04861) | 77.99th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 4.86% (0.04861) | 87.48th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.86% (0.04861) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (15)
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9095 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940439 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103105 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0377 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5379 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1542985 Issue Tracking
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-451142.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://gogs.quagga.net/Quagga/quagga/src/master/doc/security/Quagga-2018-1114.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5379
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3573-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
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- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4115 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.quagga.net/security/Quagga-2018-1114.txt
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