CVE-2016-4049

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

4.64%

Published

May 23, 2016

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (3)

quagga · quaggavulnerable

opensuse · leapvulnerable

opensuse · opensusevulnerable

References (18)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00062.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0794.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3654

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/7

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88561

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035699

https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-February/014743.html

https://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-dev/2016-January/014699.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-48