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CVE-2017-16227
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-29T20:29:00.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:09:00.673

Summary

The aspath_put function in bgpd/bgp_aspath.c in Quagga before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session drop) via BGP UPDATE messages, because AS_PATH size calculation for long paths counts certain bytes twice and consequently constructs an invalid message.

Affected products

quagga — quagga

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References

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