# CVE-2007-4826: bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.9 allows explicitly configured BGP peers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed (1) OPEN message or

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.9 allows explicitly configured BGP peers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed (1) OPEN message or (2) a COMMUNITY attribute, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: vector 2 only exists when debugging is enabled.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36551
- http://quagga.net/news2.php?y=2007&m=9&d=7#id1189190760
- http://www.quagga.net/download/quagga-0.99.9.changelog.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1195/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26744
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-236141-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26863
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0028/
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-219.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26829
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0785.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-512-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:182
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1382
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25634
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2007/msg00153.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27049

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