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CVE-2016-1245

9.8 · CRITICAL

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.

Published Feb 22, 2017CWE-119EPSS 3.66%

Overview

CVE-2016-1245 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 22, 2017 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.htmlRefwww.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952Refwww.securityfocus.com/bid/93775Refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386109GitHubgithub.com/Quagga/quagga/commit/cfb1fae25f8c092e0d17073eaf7bd428ce1cd546Refsecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48Refwww.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3695Refrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.htmlRefwww.gossamer-threads.com/lists/quagga/users/31952Refwww.securityfocus.com/bid/93775

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1245?

CVE-2016-1245 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on February 22, 2017 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2016-1245?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2016-1245?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2016-1245?

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