CVE-2019-16159
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer...
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
CVE-2019-16159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
CVE-2019-16159- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6979 No score
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6979- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3fhp-jv43-7m9c
7.5
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer...
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
GHSA-3fhp-jv43-7m9c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-120, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
CVE-2019-16159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-16159
7.5
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Show 5 moreShow less
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-16159
7.5
BIRD Internet Routing Daemon 1.6.x through 1.6.7 and 2.x through 2.0.5 has a stack-based buffer overflow. The BGP daemon's support for RFC 8203 administrative shutdown communication messages included an incorrect logical expression when checking the validity of an input message. Sending a shutdown communication with a sufficient message length causes a four-byte overflow to occur while processing the message, where two of the overflow bytes are attacker-controlled and two are fixed.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16159- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2178-1 No score
Security update for bird
This update for bird fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-16159: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow via administrative shutdown communication messages. (bnc#1150108)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2178-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2180-1 No score
Security update for bird
This update for bird fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-16159: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow via administrative shutdown communication messages. (bnc#1150108)
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2180-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10652-1 No score
bird-2.0.8-2.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the bird-2.0.8-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10652-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15072-1 No score
bird3-3.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the bird3-3.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15072-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
birdDebian:12 |
before 1.6.8-1 | 1.6.8-1 |
bird2Debian:12 |
before 2.0.6-1 | 2.0.6-1 |
bird2Debian:13 |
before 2.0.6-1 | 2.0.6-1 |
bird2Debian:14 |
before 2.0.6-1 | 2.0.6-1 |
birdopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 1.6.8-lp151.2.3.1 | 1.6.8-lp151.2.3.1 |
birdSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 1.6.8-bp151.2.3.1 | 1.6.8-bp151.2.3.1 |
bird3openSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.1.0-1.1 | 3.1.0-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16159 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nic Bird, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.15%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in bird 1.6.8-1.
References
gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/commit/8388f5a7e14108a1458fea35bfbb5a453e2c563c
gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/commit/1657c41c96b3c07d9265b07dd4912033ead4124b
trubka.network.cz/pipermail/bird-users/2019-September/013718.html
trubka.network.cz/pipermail/bird-users/2019-September/013720.html
trubka.network.cz/pipermail/bird-users/2019-September/013722.html
bird.network.cz
Show 18 moreShow less
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4F23NNAPXX65MGJQBPPTVGRV3T4XCKBV
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCVNQJBZYGGNAJNGOFEBE3IAJME2QIZB
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/34
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4528
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00063.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00065.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16159
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4F23NNAPXX65MGJQBPPTVGRV3T4XCKBV
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MCVNQJBZYGGNAJNGOFEBE3IAJME2QIZB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3fhp-jv43-7m9c
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16159
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16159
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16159
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/CLUOR4RFQMIGUD2RPDWXPJLESR3E5B2X
bugzilla.suse.com/1150108
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16159
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/B6XXABTCFCNTNKMTCKMO3QUUSRFK75OU
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/G4EOZD4I7PLGWDOHECGLNBYB6VWGTZSY