MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-5380

Quagga vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
15.1%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can overrun internal BGP code-to-string conversion tables used for debug by 1 pointer value, based on input.
Affected vendor
Quagga
Affected product
Quagga
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-02-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-5380

  • Confirm whether Quagga Quagga is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5380.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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