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CVE-2010-2948

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bgp_route_refresh_receive function in bgp_packet.c in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.17 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) record in a BGP ROUTE-REFRESH (RR) message.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-2948 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from quagga organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-09-10T19:00:02.533

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	quagga	quagga	≤ 0.99.16	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.95	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96.1	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96.2	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96.3	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96.4	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.96.5	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.0	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.1	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.2	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.3	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.4	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.97.5	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.0	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.1	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.2	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.3	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.4	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.5	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.98.6	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.1	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.2	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.3	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.4	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.5	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.6	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.7	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.8	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.9	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.10	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.11	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.12	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.13	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.14	Yes
Application	quagga	quagga	0.99.15	Yes

References

http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d64379e8f3c0636df53ed08d5b2f1946cfedd0e3 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/41038 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/41238 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42446 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42498 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48106 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2104 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:174 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/24/3 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/4 ([email protected])
http://www.quagga.net/news2.php?y=2010&m=8&d=19 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0785.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0945.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42635 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1027-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2304 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3124 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626783 ([email protected])
http://code.quagga.net/?p=quagga.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d64379e8f3c0636df53ed08d5b2f1946cfedd0e3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00009.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41038 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41238 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42446 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42498 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48106 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201202-02.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2104 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:174 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/24/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.quagga.net/news2.php?y=2010&m=8&d=19 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0785.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0945.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42635 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1027-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2304 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3124 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626783 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For quagga's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.