CVE-2017-16227
quagga: Incorrect AS_PATH size calculation for long paths
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 2, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the bgpd daemon in Quagga handled the processing of large BGP update messages. A remote, previously trusted attacker could potentially use this flaw to cause bgpd to terminate existing BGP sessions, thereby leading to denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-682 · Incorrect Calculation