Denial of Service Vulnerability in Quagga's bgp_dump_routes_func Function

CVE-2016-4049 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The bgp_dump_routes_func function in bgpd/bgp_dump.c in Quagga does not perform size checks when dumping data, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a large BGP packet.

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