CVE-2016-1245: debian debian_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1245 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-02-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was discovered that the zebra daemon in Quagga before 1.0.20161017 suffered from a stack-based buffer overflow when processing IPv6 Neighbor Discovery messages. The root cause was relying on BUFSIZ to be compatible with a message size; however, BUFSIZ is system-dependent.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.