CVE-2017-3224 describes a vulnerability in Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol implementations, specifically affecting Quagga and its downstream distributions like SUSE, openSUSE, and Red Hat. Attackers can craft a malicious Link State Advertisement (LSA) with a MaxSequenceNumber and invalid links, leading to an improperly determined recency by vulnerable OSPF implementations. This allows the crafted LSA to persist in the Link State Database (LSDB), potentially causing denial of service or traffic re-routing within the network. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 8.2 (HIGH), indicating a severe risk. It can be exploited with adjacent network access (AV:A) and high attack complexity (AC:H), leading to potential impacts on confidentiality (C:L), integrity (I:H), and availability (A:H). The attack does not require user interaction (UI:N) or privileges (PR:N). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a low level of public awareness or attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quagga:quagga:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:package_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
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