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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5379

A successful attack could cause a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 38.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
38.45% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-415
Affected
quagga/quagga · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · siemens/ruggedcom rox ii firmware
Source
cret@cert.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.