# CVE-2010-2948: Stack-based buffer overflow in the bgp\_route\_refresh\_receive function in bgp\_packet.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 allows remote authent

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-09-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bgp_route_refresh_receive function in bgp_packet.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) record in a BGP ROUTE-REFRESH (RR) message.

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42635
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42498
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626783
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/24/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html
- http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d64379e8f3c0636df53ed08d5b2f1946cfedd0e3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41038
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42397
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2104
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1027-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42446
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48106
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/4
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0785.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0945.html
- http://www.quagga.net/news2.php?y=2010&m=8&d=19
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3124

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