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CVE-2018-5378

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent...

7.1 High

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

74.2%Up 72.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.1

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

Record
CVE-2018-5378
CVSS 3.0
7.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17150 7.1

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

Record
EUVD-2018-17150
CVSS 3.0
7.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-529c-38p9-5c53 5.9

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent...

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

Record
GHSA-529c-38p9-5c53
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.1

The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or bgpd may crash.

Record
CVE-2018-5378
CVSS 3.0
7.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11290-1 No score

libfpm_pb0-1.2.4-2.14 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libfpm_pb0-1.2.4-2.14 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11290-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0455-1 No score

Security update for quagga

This update for quagga fixes the following security issues:

  • The Quagga BGP daemon contained a bug in the AS_PATH size calculation that could have been exploited to facilitate a remote denial-of-service attack via specially crafted BGP UPDATE messages. [CVE-2017-16227, bsc#1065641]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon did not check whether data sent to peers via NOTIFY had an invalid attribute length. It was possible to exploit this issue and cause the bgpd process to leak sensitive information over the network to a configured peer. [CVE-2018-5378, bsc#1079798]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon used to double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE messages. This issue could be exploited by sending an optional/transitive UPDATE attribute that all conforming eBGP speakers should pass along. Consequently, a single UPDATE message could have affected many bgpd processes across a wide area of a network. Through this vulnerability, attackers could potentially have taken over control of affected bgpd processes remotely. [CVE-2018-5379, bsc#1079799]

  • It was possible to overrun internal BGP code-to-string conversion tables in the Quagga BGP daemon. Configured peers could have exploited this issue and cause bgpd to emit debug and warning messages into the logs that would contained arbitrary bytes. [CVE-2018-5380, bsc#1079800]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon could have entered an infinite loop if sent an invalid OPEN message by a configured peer. If this issue was exploited, then bgpd would cease to respond to any other events. BGP sessions would have been dropped and not be reestablished. The CLI interface would have been unresponsive. The bgpd daemon would have stayed in this state until restarted. [CVE-2018-5381, bsc#1079801]

  • The Quagga daemon's telnet 'vty' CLI contains an unbounded memory allocation bug that could be exploited for a denial-of-service attack on the daemon. This issue has been fixed. [CVE-2017-5495, bsc#1021669]

  • The telnet 'vty' CLI of the Quagga daemon is no longer enabled by default, because the passwords in the default 'zebra.conf' config file are now disabled. The vty interface is available via 'vtysh' utility using pam authentication to permit management access for root without password. [bsc#1021669]

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0455-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0456-1 No score

Security update for quagga

This update for quagga fixes the security following issues:

  • The Quagga BGP daemon contained a bug in the AS_PATH size calculation that could have been exploited to facilitate a remote denial-of-service attack via specially crafted BGP UPDATE messages. [CVE-2017-16227, bsc#1065641]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon did not check whether data sent to peers via NOTIFY had an invalid attribute length. It was possible to exploit this issue and cause the bgpd process to leak sensitive information over the network to a configured peer. [CVE-2018-5378, bsc#1079798]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon used to double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE messages. This issue could be exploited by sending an optional/transitive UPDATE attribute that all conforming eBGP speakers should pass along. Consequently, a single UPDATE message could have affected many bgpd processes across a wide area of a network. Through this vulnerability, attackers could potentially have taken over control of affected bgpd processes remotely. [CVE-2018-5379, bsc#1079799]

  • It was possible to overrun internal BGP code-to-string conversion tables in the Quagga BGP daemon. Configured peers could have exploited this issue and cause bgpd to emit debug and warning messages into the logs that would contained arbitrary bytes. [CVE-2018-5380, bsc#1079800]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon could have entered an infinite loop if sent an invalid OPEN message by a configured peer. If this issue was exploited, then bgpd would cease to respond to any other events. BGP sessions would have been dropped and not be reestablished. The CLI interface would have been unresponsive. The bgpd daemon would have stayed in this state until restarted. [CVE-2018-5381, bsc#1079801]

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0456-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0457-1 No score

Security update for quagga

This update for quagga fixes the following issues:

  • The Quagga BGP daemon contained a bug in the AS_PATH size calculation that could have been exploited to facilitate a remote denial-of-service attack via specially crafted BGP UPDATE messages. [CVE-2017-16227, bsc#1065641]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon did not check whether data sent to peers via NOTIFY had an invalid attribute length. It was possible to exploit this issue and cause the bgpd process to leak sensitive information over the network to a configured peer. [CVE-2018-5378, bsc#1079798]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon used to double-free memory when processing certain forms of UPDATE messages. This issue could be exploited by sending an optional/transitive UPDATE attribute that all conforming eBGP speakers should pass along. Consequently, a single UPDATE message could have affected many bgpd processes across a wide area of a network. Through this vulnerability, attackers could potentially have taken over control of affected bgpd processes remotely. [CVE-2018-5379, bsc#1079799]

  • It was possible to overrun internal BGP code-to-string conversion tables in the Quagga BGP daemon. Configured peers could have exploited this issue and cause bgpd to emit debug and warning messages into the logs that would contained arbitrary bytes. [CVE-2018-5380, bsc#1079800]

  • The Quagga BGP daemon could have entered an infinite loop if sent an invalid OPEN message by a configured peer. If this issue was exploited, then bgpd would cease to respond to any other events. BGP sessions would have been dropped and not be reestablished. The CLI interface would have been unresponsive. The bgpd daemon would have stayed in this state until restarted. [CVE-2018-5381, bsc#1079801]

  • The Quagga daemon's telnet 'vty' CLI contains an unbounded memory allocation bug that could be exploited for a denial-of-service attack on the daemon. This issue has been fixed. [CVE-2017-5495, bsc#1021669]

  • The telnet 'vty' CLI of the Quagga daemon is no longer enabled by default, because the passwords in the default 'zebra.conf' config file are now disabled. The vty interface is available via 'vtysh' utility using pam authentication to permit management access for root without password. [bsc#1021669]

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0457-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:3426-1 No score

Security update for quagga

This update for quagga fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-15865: sensitive information disclosed when malformed BGP UPDATE packets are processed. (bsc#1230866)
  • CVE-2024-44070: crash when parsing Tunnel Encap attribute due to no length check. (bsc#1229438)
  • CVE-2022-37032: out-of-bounds read when parsing a BGP capability message due to incorrect size check. (bsc#1202023)

Bug fixes:

  • References to /var/adm/fillup-templates replaced with new %_fillupdir macro. (bsc#1069468)
Record
SUSE-SU-2024:3426-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
quagga
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.22.1-16.4.1
0.99.22.1-16.4.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.22.1-16.4.1
0.99.22.1-16.4.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.22.1-16.4.1
0.99.22.1-16.4.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.22.1-16.4.1
0.99.22.1-16.4.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.7.1
1.1.1-17.7.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0.99.15-0.30.3.1
0.99.15-0.30.3.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.13.1
1.1.1-17.13.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.13.1
1.1.1-17.13.1
quagga
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 1.1.1-17.13.1
1.1.1-17.13.1
quagga
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 1.2.4-2.14
1.2.4-2.14

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-5378 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Quagga Bgpd, published February 16, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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