# CVE-2006-2223: RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly implement configurations that (1) disable RIPv1 or (2) require plaintext or M

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-05-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly implement configurations that (1) disable RIPv1 or (2) require plaintext or MD5 authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (routing state) via REQUEST packets such as SEND UPDATE.

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## References

- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/284-1/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26243
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20138
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432823/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20421
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
- http://www.osvdb.org/25224
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0525.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20137
- http://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=261
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19910
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9985
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17808
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0533.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-15.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21159
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432822/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1059
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20420
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27801

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