CVE-2016-2342
The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in Quagga before 1.0.20160309, when a certain VPNv4 configuration is used, relies on a Labeled-VPN SAFI routes-data length field during a data copy, which allows remote…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The bgp_nlri_parse_vpnv4 function in bgp_mplsvpn.c in the VPNv4 NLRI parser in bgpd in Quagga before 1.0.20160309, when a certain VPNv4 configuration is used, relies on a Labeled-VPN SAFI routes-data length field during a data copy, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted packet.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.33% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- quagga/quagga · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS moved from 13.3% on 12 October 2026 to 13.3% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=a3bc7e9400b214a0f078fdb19596ba54214a1442
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00102.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00117.html
- http://nongnu.askapache.com//quagga/quagga-1.0.20160309.changelog.txt
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3532
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/270232Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84318
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-03
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/quagga.git/commit/?id=a3bc7e9400b214a0f078fdb19596ba54214a1442
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00102.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00117.html
- http://nongnu.askapache.com//quagga/quagga-1.0.20160309.changelog.txt
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3532
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/270232Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84318
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2941-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-03
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.