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CVE-2006-2223

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2223 describes a vulnerability in the RIPd component of Quagga 0.98 and 0.99 before 20060503. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive routing information by sending REQUEST packets, even when RIPv1 is disabled or authentication is configured. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for information disclosure. While not actively exploited in the wild, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-27801) exists, demonstrating a proof-of-concept for routing table disclosure. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.98.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.98.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27801 · May 3, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1128 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: quagga-0:0.96.2-11.3E
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: quagga-0:0.98.3-2.4E
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2223Moderate

security flaw

May 3, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc
bugzilla.quagga.net / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/19910
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20137
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20138
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20221
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20420
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20421
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20782
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21159
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26243
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9985
usn.ubuntu.com / 284-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1059
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-15.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
osvdb.org / 25224
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0525.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0533.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432822/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432823/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17808
ExploitPatch