CVE-2017-16227

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16227
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16227.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16227
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Published
2017-10-29T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-04-20T01:37:25Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

The aspathput function in bgpd/bgpaspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages, because AS_PATH size calculation for long paths counts certain bytes twice and consequently constructs an invalid message.

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Affected packages