CVE-2006-2224

Quagga Routing Software Suite vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

10.4%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

RIPd in Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503 does not properly enforce RIPv2 authentication requirements, which allows remote attackers to modify routing state via RIPv1 RESPONSE packets.

Affected vendor

Quagga

Affected product

Quagga Routing Software Suite

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Published

2006-05-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 10.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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